sovay: (I Claudius)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote 2012-03-05 05:27 am (UTC)

My dad used to say "sad as a map." Found it in this book

"That town was sad as a map and twice as flat to us."

Interesting. I wonder if that's a clue toward the phrase's origins or just an extension of the imagery.

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