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Subductrssss -> Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 1:58:02 PM)
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a.html Orgins of Phrases and sayings

NorthernGent -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 2:06:22 PM)
Like the post....... "Acting the goat" was one of my grandma's favourites.... Others that I can think of that aren't in there..... Away with the showfolk (drunk). Over the knot (drunk). Playing silly buggers (acting the goat).

NumberSix -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 2:09:06 PM)
I can't haul that up with my small bandwidth. But fell swoop has got to be from falconry, or is such thinking a stab in the dark? Aumlach (the dane Hamlet)

Musicmystery -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 2:16:49 PM)
ah.

Arpig -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 2:56:19 PM)
Cool site..thanks

Vendaval -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 3:57:14 PM)
I enjoy such country proverbs as - "You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear." "He didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground." "We were so poor we didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of!" "Get a move on and stop sucking the hind teat!"

NorthernGent -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 4:20:38 PM)
'Fell swoop?..........not a bad stab in the dark at all........though I don't think it's anything to do with falconry......... I'd recommend a search engine.

Politesub53 -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 4:30:14 PM)
I did a search and fell swoop is from Macbeth. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/50500.html One of my favourites is "Square meal" It comes from sailors in the Royal Navy being guaranteed one meal a day. This was served on square trays with raised sides, to stop the food sliding off as the ship rolled about.

Vendaval -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 4:36:05 PM)
Hey, you can get that same kind of meal in school lunch cafeterias and some frozen dinners!

Politesub53 -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 4:38:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Vendaval Hey, you can get that same kind of meal in school lunch cafeterias and some frozen dinners! I just get bread and water [8D]

Vendaval -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 4:42:29 PM)
Yes, but is it gourmet bread and imported mineral water?

Politesub53 -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 4:55:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Vendaval Yes, but is it gourmet bread and imported mineral water? No, but i have a very vivid imagination [8D]

PanthersMom -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 6:15:01 PM)
thanks for the interesting site. i have a kid who will ask me where certain sayings came from, now i have a place to point him. PM

NumberSix -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 6:19:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent 'Fell swoop?..........not a bad stab in the dark at all........though I don't think it's anything to do with falconry......... I'd recommend a search engine. felled with a sword is something dead. we warp and woof. not swoop. there is no sort of thing I TOOK HIM IN SEVERAL FELL SWOOPS. The Falcon and the Snowman

subtex -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 8:43:56 PM)
Thanks. Just yesterday I was wondering the origin of "Bob's your uncle".

NumberSix -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 8:49:49 PM)
in for a pence and in for a pound, you cloth eared bint. Basil Fawlty

outlier -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/11/2008 9:25:06 PM)
Fun site! I have already shared it with others. Thank You. Outlier

MissEnchanted -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/21/2008 10:46:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: outlier Fun site! I have already shared it with others. Thank You. Outlier Outlier, Peek-a-boo! Me

Termyn8or -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/21/2008 11:21:02 AM)
Our colleagues at CANOE, the Committee to Ascribe a Nautical Origin to Everything, have been hard at work and, to their great pleasure, they can add this phrase to their list. 'Three sheets to the wind' is indeed a seafaring expression. To understand this phrase we need to enter the arcane world of nautical terminology. Sailors' language is, unsurprisingly, all at sea and many supposed derivations have to go by the board. Don't be taken aback to hear that sheets aren't sails, as landlubbers might expect, but ropes (or occasionally, chains). These are fixed to the lower corners of sails, to hold them in place. If three sheets are loose and blowing about in the wind then the sails will flap and the boat will lurch about like a drunken sailor. Finally an answer ! T

philosophy -> RE: Orgins of Phrases (10/21/2008 12:01:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subtex Thanks. Just yesterday I was wondering the origin of "Bob's your uncle". ...the full saying is, "Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt"........

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