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Megumi@Ibaraki
"your elth's your elth" What does it mean?
Please let me know what this following sentence means
"...your elth's your elth."
(from Great Expectations by Dickens)
Sep 3, 2011 12:36 PM
Answers · 2
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Pip hid a large amount of food, and Joe thought Pip had swallowed it whole.
Joe remarked, "Manners is manners, but your elth's your elth [your health is your health]."
Joe is saying that while good table manners are important, health (avoiding the risk of choking) is more important.
September 3, 2011
1
He probably means:
Your health's your health.
Lots of people in England drop the "h"s.
September 3, 2011
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