We shot through for the weekend
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382038)
Rockingham, Australia
August 10, 2020 7:43am CST
A few discussions lately have mentioned colloquialisms such as ‘fit as a Mallee bull’, ‘this side of the black stump’, etc, but have you heard of the phrase to ‘shoot through’? An example would be ‘the husband shot through with his girlfriend’ or ‘the wife shot through with her lover’.
Vince’s latest photo challenge is to take a photo ‘through’ something, meaning maybe through glass or a curtain. He has taken one through the rear view mirror but we were also ‘shooting through’ to go to the endurance ride.
So do you know the expression or is it another strictly Australian colloquialism?
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Aug 20
I have never heard the expression before, so maybe it is just an Australian thing.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
12 Aug 20
I am not aware of such terms much. Yet I do recall a term for knee jerk kind of an action "Shooting through the Hip".
For others, I will need to search on the web.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
15 Aug 20
@JudyEv Thanks for sharing this term, although at times, I too have been guilty of doing the same !! 
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
11 Aug 20
@JudyEv I noticed the same thing. Maybe because I’m an Air Force Brat and lived all over.
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@JudyEv (382038)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 20
@Tampa_girl7 That could account for it. Maybe you picked up lots of terms that were so common 'back home'.
@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
10 Aug 20
I've never heard of that one here in the States.
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@JudyEv (382038)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 20
So far, only Marie has heard of it so it seems it might be an Australian thing.
@JudyEv (382038)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Aug 20
Some of these terms are so common here I wouldn't normally think of explaining them.
