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J kenneison | 13:32 Sat 15th Nov 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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originsof the phrase 'gets my goat'
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Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-get1.htm for the answer.
17:00 Sat 15th Nov 2003
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The link notes the French 'prendre la chevre' literally 'to catch ,take or fetch (or even 'assume' ) the goat' which means to get angry for no reason. The French have another expression ' rendre quelqu'un chevre', literally ' to make someone goat ', which is 'to drive someone up the wall'. The connection is the notoriously uncertain temper of a billy goat.If you end up being like it you are angry to the point of breaking ! I suggest that it's this which lies at the root of our saying.
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