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> Hello Enrico!
Hello Zz!
Nice to read you here too :)
> Very good... This expression is related to packaged goods. If
> you buy something, such as a food mixer, say, and it happens to be rather
> good at mixing food (as stated on the outside of the box), then it does
> exactly what it says on the tin. Some goods (particularly in the past) come
> packaged in tin boxes...
I didn't know about tin packages!
> I haven't bothered looking up the origins, but this
> one is quite straight forward. One could say that this idiom does exactly
> what it says on the tin! Operating instructions not included.
Yep! It's quite literal, indeed.
I wasn't able get it at first because I was looking for some more
"hidden" meaning!
Anyway, I also found an explanation about its origins, I wrote about
it in another post of mine.
> Merry Christmas!
> Zz
Thanks!
Merry Christmas to you --and to everybody on this NG!
(it doesn't seem to be very crowded, though, does it? ;)
--
Enrico C ~ No native speaker
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