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Bookmark or Share- chin chopper - WordReference Forums"Brow, brow brinky, eye, eye, winky, mouth mouth merry, cheek, cheek cherry, chin chopper, chin chopper, chin, chin, chin." is a nursery rhyme from Wee Sing (a collection of nursery rhymes). In my bilingual copy of Wee Sing, the Chinese translation for "chin chopper" is "double chin", but I...
- Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin - WordReference ForumsAs I was reading Shakespeare's As You Like it, I came across the phrase, "Swear by one's beard," and I have come to realize that swear by one's beard, as swear by the hair on my chinny, chin-chin (or even just one chin), means to swear on one's head, or, more precisely, one's life; and if it comes to pass that it is not so, well, then the price ...
- chinny chin chin - WordReference Forums"Chinny" is a diminutive, but repeating "chin" helps make sense of the made-up word. I can also see it as "chinny" = "like a chin", "chinny chin chin" = "chin so like a chin". The pig is swearing that he will never open the door and that the hair on his chin bears witness to his seriousness.
- chinny chin chin - WordReference ForumsThis is a children's story (it's actually The Three Little Pigs) written in a manner appealing to children. Not by the hair of our chinny chin chins is just a cute way of saying chins. El lobo grita "¡Déjame entrar!" El cerdito dice: "¡No por los pelos de nuestras barbillitas!" algo así.
- Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin - WordReference Forums"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin" Sachant que le loup frappe à la porte du petit cochon et lui demande d'ouvrir la porte sans quoi:"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in" Ce à quoi le petit cochon répond par l'expression en question. Une suggestion de ma part puisqu'il faut en faire une:
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