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"play on a jawbone" is in the Netherlandish Proverbs Wikipedia article as "play on the pillory" = "attract attention to one's shameful acts" – in Dutch, "kaak"
by yorwba 3y ago
"play on a jawbone" is in the Netherlandish Proverbs Wikipedia article as "play on the pillory" = "attract attention to one's shameful acts" – in Dutch, "kaak" means both "jaw" and "pillory" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaak#Dutch https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaak#Dutch
- vpribish 3y agoso it's a visual pun that only makes sense in Dutch/Flemish. this is excellent!