[PW] Expression explanation/source

[S M Colowick]

This seems to have the same meaning as "kill another canary and give
the cat a treat" and "give the cat another goldfish", which both
appear in the book A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partridge:

http://tinyurl.com/ynnwu2

The book dates them back to the 1930s and 1940s, respectively.

smc

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Martin Weiss <mweiss at nyscience.org> wrote:
> Anyone have a source and/an explanation for "Spare the expense (or
>  Hang the expense) and give the canary an extra seed"?  I heard it for
>  the first time in Baltimore from someone who was commenting on my
>  nieces twin children.
>
>  Love to hear about it.
>
>  Thank you
>
>
>
>  Martin Weiss
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