take leave of one's sentences -- vb. phr.
1. To become incomprehensible or mute, especially suddenly and without any apparent reason.
This phrase came up as I stumbled over saying "take leave of your senses", but once spoken seemed to merit a life of its own.
Ah, this is one of my flavorite pastimes. Once when I was in Durham, North Carolina, me & my buddies Matt and Darren were in this smokehouse BBQ joint (about as far from the Duke campus as you could get & still be in the city limits) and the owner of the joint stopped by our table after kicking over
Posted by: lipcan3 | January 09, 2007 at 07:02 PM
Dan, don't leave me on such tenterhooks: kicking over what? What happened next?
Posted by: Ross Day | January 10, 2007 at 11:40 PM
Sorry, I forgot what I was saying. Sometimes I take leave of my sentences.
Posted by: lipcan3 | January 11, 2007 at 07:24 AM