People don't read anymore; they've never seen a horse or a water or oil well pump in their lives, and they don't seem to talk with old people. The result is they do not understand common metaphors like the ones you identify and assume there is a sexual connotation at work. My grandma would have said "get your mind out of the gutter." I m…
People don't read anymore; they've never seen a horse or a water or oil well pump in their lives, and they don't seem to talk with old people. The result is they do not understand common metaphors like the ones you identify and assume there is a sexual connotation at work. My grandma would have said "get your mind out of the gutter." I must note, however, that rode hard and put away wet is usually said in reference to a woman in reference to her physical appearance. That's not nice either.
I should have said that, because you’re right. It’s generally about a woman looking what my great-grandmother would have called “wore out.” People said it about Hillary all the time because of sexism.
People don't read anymore; they've never seen a horse or a water or oil well pump in their lives, and they don't seem to talk with old people. The result is they do not understand common metaphors like the ones you identify and assume there is a sexual connotation at work. My grandma would have said "get your mind out of the gutter." I must note, however, that rode hard and put away wet is usually said in reference to a woman in reference to her physical appearance. That's not nice either.
Totally agree that these are metaphors from a certain time, and we are losing them…
I should have said that, because you’re right. It’s generally about a woman looking what my great-grandmother would have called “wore out.” People said it about Hillary all the time because of sexism.