Here is a limerick.
There was an old maiden from Fife
Who had never been kissed in her life
Along came a cat,
So she said, “I’ll kiss that!”
But the cat answered, “Not on your life!”
ON in the cat’s answer seems strange to me. How common is this expression?
There was an old maiden from Fife
Who had never been kissed in her life
Along came a cat,
So she said, “I’ll kiss that!”
But the cat answered, “Not on your life!”
ON in the cat’s answer seems strange to me. How common is this expression?