Clichés on clichés
I’m desperately trying to come up with some clever catchphrase for the theme of my case for the trial advocacy try-outs and realize that it’s impossible. So I started looking specifically for clichés since that seems to be what the trial lawyers like to use (even though we’re supposed to avoid clichés in all other kinds of legal writing – underestimating the jury’s intelligence, perhaps??). Anyway, I came across this database and found some crazy idioms I never heard before (examples of use provided by the website):
The rabbit died: according to myth, a sign that a woman is pregnant. Example: When Pop heard I was pregnant he said, "So the rabbit died, eh."
The air was blue: there was much swearing, someone said bad words. Example: When Dad discovered the dent in his Cadillac, the air was blue!
All hat and no cattle: pretending to be important and rich. Example: If a man buys things he can't pay for, he's all hat and no cattle.
So now, here’s what I have:
“Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution’s case is all hat and no cattle. Sure, when the defendant and the deceased were arguing in the living room, the air was blue. But this rabbit hadn’t died yet.”
My adversary is so fucked.
The rabbit died: according to myth, a sign that a woman is pregnant. Example: When Pop heard I was pregnant he said, "So the rabbit died, eh."
The air was blue: there was much swearing, someone said bad words. Example: When Dad discovered the dent in his Cadillac, the air was blue!
All hat and no cattle: pretending to be important and rich. Example: If a man buys things he can't pay for, he's all hat and no cattle.
So now, here’s what I have:
“Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution’s case is all hat and no cattle. Sure, when the defendant and the deceased were arguing in the living room, the air was blue. But this rabbit hadn’t died yet.”
My adversary is so fucked.
posted by Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon at 1:48 AM
4 Comments:
As a child, I remember learning that a rabbit could be used as an early version of a pregnancy test.
And then i thought to myself, that's ridiculous! People never did that, it's not possible! It's right up there with Santa Claus and Social Security in terms of childhood fictions.
Snopes to the rescue!Turns out that in the 1920's, when we discovered that women have hormones, we injected them into female rabbits. If the rabbit's ovaries became enlarged, the woman was pregnant. Of course, to find that out, the rabbit had to be killed and its ovaries removed. In that sense, the 'rabbit always died'.
Btw, I love the M*A*S*H clip there.
Saucy, thanks for clearing that up. I prefer peeing on a stick.
Me too, but sheesh! did you have to tell the world? Water Sports are not for the faint of heart!
That explains all those crazy Aerosmith lyrics (sort of).
Sweet Emotion:
I pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took it just a little to far
You’re telling me things but your girlfriend lied
You can’t catch me ’cause the rabbit gone died
Yes it is
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