Chop the beams out

chop v I remember last Christmas while I was home a man, (John R. Durnford) came into the house. This man doesn't come to out house very often. When he came in my brother Will made a state- ment similar to this: "My God, look who just came in. We haven't got any beams and certainly if...

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Summary:chop v I remember last Christmas while I was home a man, (John R. Durnford) came into the house. This man doesn't come to out house very often. When he came in my brother Will made a state- ment similar to this: "My God, look who just came in. We haven't got any beams and certainly if we had any we'd have to chop them out." I am not sure what the significance of this is but I can remember the use of the statement "chop the beams out of the house when a strange person came in", being used a number of times in the past. _Beams_ This is usually associated with a two- story house. The supports for the second floor (card from proverbial phrases) Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used chop the beam, NOTCH Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 24 Jun 2015