language aesthetics

[Ulrich Petri]

"Nick Vargish" <nav at adams.patriot.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:yyyr86y5s93.fsf at adams.patriot.net...
> "Ulrich Petri" <ulope at gmx.de> writes:
>
> > There is a saying in german: "Das rollt mir die Fußnägel hoch..."
>
> I have no idea what that means, but:
>
Hehe, well it (roughly) means: That thing is tearing away my toe nails -
i.e. it gives me pain only by looking at it

Ciao Ulrich