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The meaning and origin of thousands of English phrases and sayings. ... Shakespeare added more phrases and sayings to the English language than anyone else. See this list of phrases from Shakespeare.
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www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/index.html
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We use sayings and clichés every day, but seldom wonder where they came from. When you stop to think about it, some of the words we string together each day are awfully odd-sounding. So here are some of the stories behind the weird phrases we use. ... Explaining the Origin of Ten Common Words, Terms and Phrases...
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/193860/the_origin_of_...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/193860/the_origin_of_common_sayings.html
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But have you ever wondered where these sayings actually come from? I'm a very curious person so I decided to look a ... The Origin and Nature of the Babylonian Talmud ... INTERESTING,ARE THERE BOOKS AVAILABLE THAT LIST THESE TYPES OF SAYINGS AND THEIR ORIGIN?
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/168270/origins_of_pop...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/168270/origins_of_popular_sayings.html
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A quick, fun-to-read collection of the origins of terms and some of the sayings even go back to ancient times. Links to other pages devoted to English usag ... ENGLISH SAYINGS & CUSTOMS that we have grown up with and taken for granted were explained during a tour of the Anne Hathaway house in Victoria, British Columbia.
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www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sayings.htm
www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sayings.htm
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Proverbs are short sayings, usually of unknown or ancient origin passed down through generations, that expresses some useful thought or commonplace truth...Proverbs are usually expressed in simple, homely, language that is sometimes allegorical or symbolic, such as 'A stitch in time saves nine'.
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www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question162...
www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question162896.html
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Who first used the saying,"A stitch in time saves nine". dondor (Fri 17:38 17/Dec/04) ... Egg under your chin pedantic? ... Phrases & Sayings...
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www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases_and_Sayings/Question844...
www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases_and_Sayings/Question84457.html
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Alternate origin: Nails were in short supply and high demand in colonial times. People would go out in the night and steal the nails from their neighbors doors. To prevent this from happening, the ends of the nails inside, were bent and hammered down to prevent them from being pulled out, from the outside.
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www.brownielocks.com/wordorigins.html
www.brownielocks.com/wordorigins.html
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SOME OLD SAYINGS EXPLAINED ... However according to some people the origin of this phrase is much older. Hatter is a corruption of the Saxon word 'atter', which meant adder or viper. Furthermore 'mad' originally meant poisonous. So if you were mad as an atter you were as 'poisonous' (bad tempered or aggressive) as an...
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www.localhistories.org/sayings.html
www.localhistories.org/sayings.html
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Where did Cliches or Sayings come from? Trivia Did You Know? Daily Juice Weird Funny Fruity Humor General Knowledge Health History Mystique Happenings, Believe it or Not, Encyclopedia Fukkad Chowk! ... ; Did you ever wonder where some of the old clichés came from? The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water,
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