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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis
Saw Mike Huckabee on The Daily Show last night. At least as far as setting a civil tone goes, I liked the cut of his jib.
Whatever that means.
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CUT OF HIS JIB - "The cut of a jib, or foresail of a ship indicates her character to a sailor and 'jib' means 'face' in sailor's slang. Thus 'don't like the cut of his jib,' which probably dates to a century ago, translates as 'I'm suspicious of him; I don't like this expression on his face.'" From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).