- English translation
Shannah, Gannah and the clothesline: the whole matching set together.
- Literal wording
Shannah, and Gannah, and the washing line.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying names Shannah and Gannah along with the washing line as one company of parties who belong with each other. Its point is that people who are well suited to one another have now come together in the same place.
It points to a grouping whose members fit each other closely in character, habits or outlook, so that their meeting seems natural and they make a fitting company for one another.
- When it is used
Use it when several people who are alike in character, habits or outlook are seen together or join in a shared undertaking, to remark that they make a fitting company for one another.
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