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by eastpaw on November 15th, 2008
According to http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-Slang4.html, it's an Old West expression.
I'd never heard of it myself until now, actually.
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You're reading "Hair in the butter" - this expression apparently means : "a delicate situation". Have you ever heard it before? Do you know its origin?
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I had never heard of it either until somneone said it to me today - his mother and grandmother had both said it. I looked it up on legends of america...
The only thing I can think of is that some genteel old dear had the local minister to tea and there was a hair in the butter, which was quite a delicate situation, and she then repeated the phrase until it caught on... or something like that *L*
by dea_ex_machina on November 15th, 2008
I would suspect the type of hair found relates directly to just how delicate the situation is, hehheh.
by eastpaw on November 17th, 2008
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!
by dea_ex_machina on November 17th, 2008
/florid bow/
by eastpaw on November 17th, 2008
*LOL* oh no
by dea_ex_machina on November 18th, 2008