Idiomatic Expressions that My Canadian Coworker Doesn't Know, Installment XXVII

[mcroft]

Me, decribing a TV remote that the ferrets used to like to chew on and take under the sofa.

It was rode hard and put up wet.

It's my contention that the metaphor is graphic and clear to most listeners on first hearing.

Comments

[djinnthespazz.livejournal.com]

You put a horse up in a stall.

Ever hear the expression 'let us put you up for the night?'
It's archaic, I'll grant that.

But you are right about the tack. Salt is hell on leather.