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No, I didn't eat nails for breakfast


One of my campus friends called just a while ago asking if I was "OK"...he read the last couple of my posts and comments and was concerned with the uncharacteristic, confrontational tone of my writing. Hmmm, in retrospect, he is right. It is probably time to start cutting back on the caffeine, refined sugar, etc. and start exercising a bit.

...and no, Bob, I did not eat nails for breakfast.


Posted by Paul Chenoweth on May 3, 2005 10:38 AM |

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Hi paul,

Is that American slang, " I eat nails for breakfast" . What does it mean?

I know the term " I eat bullets for breakfast". I heard somebody quote it, and it means, according to her, that she thrives on danger and taking risks.

Posted by: wilson ng | May 7, 2005 06:05 AM

Wilson,

I do not know exactly where the phrase "eating nails" came from. I can imagine a number of possibilities in American slang, none of which are very pleasant. In general terms, it would be like saying "My attitude has been affected by something I ate and could not possibly digest"... In so many words: It was bad when it came into my mouth and the effect was still bad when it came out the other end". You are right..that IS a strange idiom.

Posted by: Paul | May 7, 2005 07:03 AM