AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What obsolete knowledge do you know by heart, and would like to share?English
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2 days agoThe phrase “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” comes from this. If someone gives you a horse, you shouldn’t look into its mouth to see how old it is because, hey, free horse.
I didn’t think so? When I say Iris, I mean the colored ring. When I say pupil, I mean the hole. When I say asshole, I mean the ring, not the hole. I can’t remember ever wanting to refer to the actual hole. Maybe “gape?”