Quote Originally Posted by Chris1959 View Post
Also it is not a phrase noted in England until it migrates from the USA, which seems to make it uniquely American as English soldiers would have encountered Elephants a good century earlier in India, Clive of India, Battle of Plassey etc.
I seem to remember hearing somewhere about a British phrase "see the lions." Can anyone from the UK confirm that this phrase exists? If so, I wonder if they are related...