Posted by Harry Miller on April 23, 2003 at 17:56:35 from 64.229.75.157 user dreadnaught.
In Reply to: Re: AR's Politics (was: Ransome on TV and Radio) More sisterhookery? posted by Peter H on April 23, 2003 at 17:27:14:
It's not from sailing:
"lay down misère
noun something that is a certainty."
Comes from having no possibility of taking a trick in a game of cards