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To: Fiji Hill

In all my 65 years around the sun, I’ve never heard the phrase...

“open the kimono”.

Made up? Anyone else heard this?


38 posted on 04/20/2024 1:44:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yeah, I have. Worked in IT for a flaming jackass that used it every chance he got. We all figured he just needed to get laid.


43 posted on 04/20/2024 1:49:26 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yes. MANY times... usually only when talking with other service members or veterans. It means showing your opponent you have no hidden weapons or in a milder context, no ulterior motives, etc. Think of it like “all cards on the table.”


93 posted on 04/21/2024 6:04:37 AM PDT by Gaffer
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