07-24-2010, 11:06 AM
I've read that, "He's seen an elephant" is a relatively modern expression for one having endured real combat, But it sounds like the type of expression which would originate among legionnaires after having faced war elephants in battle and would then morph into the meaning we have today.
"Fugit irreparabile tempus" (Irrecoverable time glides away) Virgil
Ron Andrea
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