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Oceans...

Slidey · 2011-02-27 22:08:00

When someone asks me do I have something, for instance, ''Do you have any spare tea bags?'' If the answer is yes, it has been pointed out to me that I have a habit of saying 'I have oceans of them' in answer to them. Anyone any idea where this saying comes from?

27-02-2011 10:08pm

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When someone asks me do I have something, for instance, ''Do you have any spare tea bags?''

If the answer is yes, it has been pointed out to me that I have a habit of saying 'I have oceans of them' in answer to them.

Anyone any idea where this saying comes from?

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#2 06-03-2011 11:14pm

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I always thought it was that the had so many teabags they stretched as far as the eye could see and unfathomably (heh heh) deep. Like an ocean.

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#3 20-06-2011 8:46pm

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I wonder could it be derivation of the Cavan "ohjious" (sp) referred to in the Hiberno-English lexicon thread?

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