sweating cobs!?

[greenie87]

I recently questioned this to a few friends... I searched in the dictionary (its a bit old) and searched for the word
cob(s) and to my suprise it siad ponies...... so I'm sweating ponies?? any1 know any other weird sayings?

[Ethel]

You are not sweating ponies.

Cobs are also defined as 'anything cob shaped' and 'large globules'.
So you are sweating large cob shaped globules.

And if I'm wrong, I'm a monkey's uncle.

[greenie87]

Large gobules.... oh dear... i felt happier sweating ponies!

[jno]

spiders, as in cobwebs?

[greenie87]

no... cobs

[shaneystar2]

Comes from old English. Cobbe. A powerful small horse used for ploughing and heavy haulage. Hence a sweating cob or if more than one cobs...Horses sweat;men perspire and ladies glow !

[greenie87]

thats the best answer ive had so far

[B00]

Ethel's a monkeys uncle, Ethel's a monkeys uncle..........




sorry, will stop now......
;-)

[Ethel]

If I am a monkey's uncle, the great and wise quizmonster must be the monkey's auntie.


Quizmonster
Wed 21/08/02
08:09


The word 'cob' has been used to mean anything rounded - eg a type of bread - since the 16th century. A cob horse, for example, is a short, stout breed. (It was even used as slang for 'testicle' at one time.) It's easy to see, therefore, how it came to suggest large 'beads' of sweat.

[greenie87]

tu shae

[Quizmonster]

Good grief! Amazing how things come back to haunt one, isn't it? Still...it is the answer, I believe.
Thanks for the "great and wise", Ethel, but I'm nobody's auntie! I couldn't stand the agony.

[heathfield]

Same word as in cobblestones, or the bread rolls called cobs. So it could mean the size of your beads of sweat are as big.