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Sheep's eye and licorice tooth

Posted by ESC on December 28, 2000

In Reply to: Sheep's eye and licorice tooth posted by Sauerkraut on December 28, 2000

: There is a song in the musical "Guys and Dolls" called MORE I CANNOT WISH YOU sung by the character Uncle Arvide who uses this phrase. Origin and meaning, please.

This is a guess. Those terms sound like slang terms for dice.

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