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Calling in a chit |
Call in one's chits. Chit refers to a favour or record of a sum due on someone. It may refer to some offer or oath made in earnest earlier. So when someone is calling in their chits then they are asking the other person for the repayment of the dues or fulfilment of the oath taken |
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No pun intended |
I've read every definition here and they all get this terms' meaning slightly wrong. Firstly a punis a play on words, intended to be semi-absurd and comical by describing a thing or situation using words that could also describe the situation with another meaning. For instance suppose there was a skinny farmer picking berries, but he doesn't find that many, another person might observe "looks like slim pickins. |
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To feel under the weather |
to not feel well. |
