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[light_journey]

Up and Atom as my Mom used to say to me :)

What does that mean anyway?

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[barefoot_dyke]

my mom used to say that too, but i thought it was "up and at 'em" ... as in "at them" .... something about attacking the issues of the day? *shrug*

[chelchik]

When I was a kid I thought it was "up and Adam!" LOL

[sweetcharity]

LOL that's what I thought too! Up and Adam! I imagine there are alot of old sayings that I have misinterpreted thru the years :)

[light_journey]

of course it's at em :)

Duh!

[greymeowsr]

I thought it was "up and Adam" as well and later thought it was "up and at 'em," short for "up and at them" too. I don't know, but I think it was a very popular saying for our parents. I wonder where its roots are (but not enough to try and search it out)?

yf,
Tom

[light_journey]

Me either. I just knew it meant I had to climb out of my warm cozy bed!

[kaylee]

Up and at 'em

Meaning up at at them.....that's what I always thought anyway.

[light_journey]

oh course....
Duh!
LOL
I just knew it meant I had to climb out of my warm cozy bed.... :)

[kaylee]

OOpps....

I meant up and at them!

There goes my typos again. :/

[heartwork]

i don't know what that means, but it's a very cute saying. :)

there are some really good websites which list and tell what cliches mean. i wish i had them bookmarked; they're fun to read about.

[light_journey]

It is cute :)
A good memory of my Mom

[bellanna]

According to answers.com " Get going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em-there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses at 'em (for “at them”) in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons."

[light_journey]

That makes sense :)
I just knew it meant I had to get out of my warm comfy bed....
:)