A fly might be a small insect but big enough to make you sick!

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
22/12/2010 22:41

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/sport/apoel-beat-karsiyaka-go-out-fiba-eurochallenge/20101222





Congragulations to our neighbours for taking sports to a political level once again.

apc2010


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Message Posted:
22/12/2010 22:48

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/52321.asp

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
22/12/2010 22:51

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/52321.asp





Sorry Dave,hadnt seen it.

Harriet


Joined: 22/12/2010
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Message Posted:
22/12/2010 22:57

Maybe I am missing something but what has "A fly might be a small insect but big enough to make you sick" got to do with the crowd trouble at the basketball match?

yorgozlu



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Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
22/12/2010 23:08

BLIMEY ME........that is not something I ever thought I'd have to explain to some.....................msg4;



However,IT MEANS,



Few people might be sick enough to commit those crimes and put the WHOLE nation to a shame.







ps.yes,you are missing something.Hope you work out what it IS.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
23/12/2010 10:18

Yorg,

I think it looses something in the translation.

Perhaps "tarred with the same brush" comes closer.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/tar+with+the+same+brush

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
23/12/2010 10:32

TRNC;

Agreed,but the saying I used is something I had heard in UK.



Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
23/12/2010 11:03

Yoz,



Just because you heard it in the UK does not mean it's a well known adage... or indeed British in origin either. In all my years, I've never come across the phrase before. However, I understood its use perfectly well and thought you were being enigmatic..