11/23/2018

November 23, 2018 Have a Cow

休校です。Sorry, no class today.💩


11月 23, 27 は休みです。
Please study English at your home on those days.

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Have a cow.

Image result for dont have a cowIn my blog about the laundry the other day, I used the phrase, "My mom had a cow".  No, my mother didn't live on a farm.  It is an idiom.  It means that she was so upset (angry, excited). Maybe the 日本語 is 頭にきた。I remember there was another time when she had a cow.  I was in elementary school. I was running around the house (inside) pretending to be a ninja.  I had a plastic knife. I was hiding in my room at the end of the hallway. 
Image result for dont have a cowAt the other end of the hallway was the living room. When my mother walked across the living room, I jumped out of my room and threw the knife down the hallway. I wanted to show off my ninja skills. It flew right by her and hit a vase on the table.  The vase broke and she had a cow!



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  1. 匿名2018年11月23日 10:13

    I would like to know again how idiom is realized ,or made of.
    What is the origin of "have a cow" meaning that way.
    No matter how much thinking of it,I can find no clue,I dont google yet though.Please tell me that origin like "once upon a time ,there is a old couple living near river",if ther is a long story about that .



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    1. Mr. John2018年12月25日 14:05

      The expression "have a cow" is said to have originated in the 1950s, although an earlier British expression, "having kittens," did cover the same territory. The idea is that certain bits of unexpected or bad news might create the same agony and pain as literally giving birth to a cow.

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  2. Akiko2018年11月23日 11:05

    Thank you very much, John. When I read your blog, I couldn't understand that phrase,"My mom had a cow". But I could understand that by reading your today's blog. Your commentary made me clear. Have a nice Holiday!

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  3. Mr. John2018年12月25日 14:04

    The expression "have a cow" is said to have originated in the 1950s, although an earlier British expression, "having kittens," did cover the same territory. The idea is that certain bits of unexpected or bad news might create the same agony and pain as literally giving birth to a cow.

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