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timdrake-yumm · 1 year ago

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Tim: hey why is the saying “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” when that’s what led to the fall of Troy? Should the saying be “look a gift horse in the mouth”?

Jason: Uhh good question, why ISN’T it “look a gift horse in the mouth”?

Babs: it actually has nothing to do with Troy. The etymology behind “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” actually refers to how you can tell a horse’s age by it’s teeth, and therefore how valuable it is. So, if you got a horse as a gift and then looked at its teeth to see how old it is, it’d be the same as getting, say, a watch or necklace, and asking how much the person paid for it

Damian: t-t I would much rather have the horse

#dc #dc comics #tim drake #jason todd #barbara gordon #damian wayne #batfam incorrect quotes #variations of this went: Tim— don’t look a gift horse in the mouth? I don’t think so— I know what killed the Trojans #and then Babs giving the etymology #etymology #don’t look a gift horse in the mouth #not about the Trojan horse apparently #trojan horse #I genuinely thought the saying was about the Trojan horse #but then I looked up the etymology today #I guess you learn something new everyday #also would Jason know that?#maybe maybe not #but Babs probably would especially since she works at a library #etemology is something tired high school or college students would go to a library about because they didn’t want to put in the work to find #a referenccable source to use in whatever paper they’re writing #also I never use Babs when I make these little quote things #and I think she deserves some recognition #do I think every librarian or library worker knows etemology for anything off the top of their head?#no obviously not #but idk it just seems like something Babs might have picked up at one point #also idk how well known the etymology behind that saying is or how many people ALSO thought it was a Trojan horse thing like me #another point— is Babs a librarian or just a library worker? ‘cause those are different #you gotta have some serious qualifications to be an actual librarian #which I don’t doubt Babs could have but did she ever bother with it?

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