[ SECRET POST #4298 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #4298 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.



__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________


03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.








Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 13 secrets from Secret Submission Post #615.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Pearls

[(Anonymous)]

Why do people say "clutching their pearls" to mean someone is shocked by something or disapproves of something? It's a big cliche, but it doesn't make much sense to me.

Re: Pearls

[(Anonymous)]

It used to be a thing for genteel women to wear pearl necklaces and when they were shocked, to clutch them in their shock. These days the image and the meaning remains, though people don't tend to do that any more.

Re: Pearls

[(Anonymous)]

When you're shocked, you put your hand over your sternum or lower throat and that is where your pearl necklace is (you wear one of those, right?) It might be some protect-your-throat impulse, but it's probably just one of those cultural things that seems universal but isn't.