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"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)
3 set 2011 12:36
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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.
3 settembre 2011
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He probably means:
Your health's your health.
Lots of people in England drop the "h"s.
3 settembre 2011
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