The constant 'goggle-gobble' chattering associated with turkey birds would have appealed as a metaphorical notion in this expression, as would the image of turkeys pecking 'down-to-earth', and being a commodity subject to vigorous and no-nonsense trading and dealing at seasonal times. Websters and the OED say that pig (the animal) was pigge in Middle English (1150-1500). The verb 'cook' is from Latin 'coquere'.
A supposed John Walker, an outdoor clerk of the firm Longman Clementi and Co, of Cheapside, London, is one such person referenced by Cassells slang dictionary. S. St Fagos (acronym for 'Sod This For A Game Of Soldiers') - Saint Fagos is the made-up 'Patron Saint' of thankless tasks. Door fastener rhymes with gas prices. Sources suggest the original mickey finn drug was probably chloral hydrate. Pip is an old slang expression for defeat, and here's how: it's derived from the term 'blackball', meaning to deny access - originally to a club - or to shun (ie defeat). Clearly there's a travelling theme since moniker/monicker/monniker applied initially to tramps, which conceivably relates to the Shelta suggestion.
Mob - unruly gathering or gang - first appeared in English late 17th C., as a shortened form of mobile, meaning rabble or group of common people, from the Latin 'mobile vulgus' meaning 'fickle crowd'. It's therefore easy to imagine how Lee and perhaps his fellow writers might have drawn on the mood and myth of the Victorian years. Cumulonimbus is not the highest cloud as some explanations suggest; the metaphor more likely caught on because of superstitious and spiritual associations with the number nine (as with cloud seven), the dramatic appearance and apparent great height of cumulonimbus clouds, and that for a time cloud nine was the highest on the scale, if not in the sky. In older times the plural form of quids was also used, although nowadays only very young children would mistakenly use the word 'quids'. Door fastener (rhymes with "gasp") - Daily Themed Crossword. Is usually that no-one is actually above criticism, or immune from having fun poked at them by 'lesser' people for behaving inappropriately, irrespective of their status. Some suggest ducks in a row is from translated text relating to 'Caesar's Gallic Wars' in which the Latin phrase 'forte dux in aro' meaning supposedly 'brave leader in battle' led to the expression 'forty ducks in a row', which I suspect is utter nonsense. The earliest use of the 'over the top' expression - and likely contributing to the use and meaning of the cliche - was however rather more serious, referring to infantry charges from 1914-18 1st World War front-line battle trenches, particularly in France and Belgium, when appalling fatality rates were a feature of the tactic. Pure conjecture, as I say. A common myth is that the rhyme derives from an ancient number system - usually Anglo-Saxon or Celtic numbers, and more specifically from the Welsh language translation of 'one, two, three, four' (= eeny meeney miney moe).
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology varies slightly with the OED in suggesting that charisma replaced the earlier English spelling charism (first recorded before 1641) around 1875. Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary describes a veterinarian as one who is skilled in the diseases of cattle, and also suggests that a good veterinarian will also be able to attend to horses, which traditionally would have been more likely to be cared for by a farrier. Open a keg of nails - have a (strong alcoholic) drink, especially with the purpose of getting drunk (and other similar variations around this central theme, which seems also now to extend to socialising over a drink for lively discussion) - the expression 'open a keg of nails' (according to Cassells) has been in use since the 1930s USA when it originally meant to get drunk on corn whiskey. In the First World War (1914-18) being up before the beak meant appearing before an (elderly) officer. This expression and its corrupted versions using 'hare' instead of 'hair' provide examples of how language and expressions develop and change over time. During the 20th century the meaning changed to the modern interpretation of a brief and unsustainable success. The sheep counting number systems of the old Cumbrian and Yorkshire languages resemble to varying degrees the Welsh numbers between four and nineteen. Door fastener rhymes with gaspacho. By the late 1800s 'hole in the wall' was also being used to refer to a cramped apartment, and by the 1900s the expression had assumed sufficient flexibility to refer to any small, seedy or poor-class premises. A fighter who failed to come up to the scratch at the start of a round was deemed incapable of continuing and so would lose the contest. With our crossword solver search engine you have access to over 7 million clues. According to Chambers, yank and yankee were used by the English in referring to Americans in general from 1778 and 1784 (first recorded, respectively). This is the way that a lot of expressions become established and hugely popular - they just are right in terms of sound and imagery, and often it's that simple. Given that this has no real meaning, a natural interpretation would be 'hals und beinbruch', especially since 'bein' did not only mean 'leg', but also was used for 'bones' in general, giving the possible translation of 'break your neck and bones'.
Put it in the hopper - save or make note of a suggestion or idea or proposal - the expression also carries the sense of sorting or filtering initial ideas that 'put in the hopper' to produce more refined plans or actions later. Interestingly, the 'silly season' originally described the time when newspapers resorted to filling their pages with nonsense while Parliament was in Summer recess, just as they still do today. On the battlefield the forces would open up to a broad front, with scouts forward to locate the other side, the main lines, and one or several reserves to the rear. It was most certainly a reference opium pipe smoking, which was fashionable among hedonists and the well-to-do classes of the 18th and 19th century.
The exceptions would have been lower case p and q, which appeared as each other when reversed, and so could have been most easily overlooked. In fact the expression most likely evolved from another early version 'Cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey', which apparently is first recorded in print in Charles A Abbey's book Before the Mast in the Clippers, around 1860, which featured the author's diaries from his time aboard American clippers (fast merchant sailing ships) from 1856-60. It's a very old word: Reafian meaning rob appears in Beowulf 725. To rob Peter and pay Paul/Rob Peter to pay Paul. The term knacker seems next to have transferred to the act of castration, first appearing in Australian English in the mid 19th century, deriving by association from the sense of killing, ruining or spoiling something, which meaning seems to have developed alongside that of wearing something out or exhausting it, which occurred in the mid-late 19th century and was established by the early 20th century. Railroad (1757) was the earlier word for railway (1776) applied to rails and wagons, and also as applied to conventional long-distance public/goods rail transport which usage appeared later in the 1800s (railroad 1825, railway 1832). Bandbox/out of a bandbox/fresh out of a bandbox - smart (of appearance) - this is an old English expression whose origins date back to the mid-1600s, when a bandbox was a box in which neckbands were kept. The word and the meaning were popularised by the 1956 blues song Got My Mojo Working, first made famous by Muddy Waters' 1957 recording, and subsequently covered by just about all blues artists since then. Man of straw - a man of no substance or capital - in early England certain poor men would loiter around the law courts offering to be a false witness for anyone if paid; they showed their availability by wearing a straw in their shoe. By implication a 'buck-basket' is larger than a 'hand-basket', but the expression further illustrates the imagery and association of the time that baskets were common receptacles, and therefore obvious references for metaphors. Prepare to be confused..... See lots more Latin phrases (even though this one was perhaps originally in Greek.. ). The word itself and variations of Aaargh are flourishing in various forms due to the immediacy and popularity of internet communications (blogs, emails, etc), although actually it has existed in the English language as an exclamation of strong emotion (surprise, horror, anguish, according to the OED) since the late 1700s.
Pick holes - determinedly find lots of faults - from an earlier English expression 'to pick a hole in someone's coat' which meant to concentrate on a small fault in a person who was largely good. We used a lot of our technical terms in normal speech and so 'kay' was used when talking about salaries, for example, 'he's getting one and a half kay at his new job'. Truck in this context means exchange, barter, trade or deal with, from Old French troquer and Latin trocare, meaning barter. Around the same time Henry IV of France enjoyed the same privilege; his whipping boys D'Ossat and Du Perron later became cardinals.
Plain sailing - easy - from 17-18th century, originally 'plane sailing', the term for a quick method of navigating short distances, when positions and distances could be plotted as if on a flat plane rather than a curved surface. Skeleton is a natural metaphor for something bad, and a closet is a natural metaphor for a hiding place. Purists would no doubt point out that although pick meaning choose or select dates back to the 1200s, picky was first recorded with its 'choosy' meaning some time after (1867) the Jamieson dictionary's listings (1808-18) of pernickitie and the even older pernicky. Logically its origins as a slang expression could be dated at either of these times. Whatever their precise origins Heywood's collection is generally the first recorded uses of these sayings, and aside from any other debate it places their age clearly at 1546, if not earlier. Tories - political Conservative party and its members - the original tories were a band of Irish Catholic outlaws in Elizabethan times. In the 19th century the term beak also referred to a sherif's officer (English) or a policeman, and later (1910) beak was adopted as slang also by schoolchildren for a schoolmaster. Bins - spectacles, or the eyes - a simple shortening of the word binoculars, first appeared in English c. 1930, possibly from the armed forces or London, for which this sort of short-form slang would have been typical. In the 16th century graphite was used for moulds in making cannon balls, and was also in strong demand for the first pencils. It is a simple metaphor based on the idea of throwing a hungry dog a bone to chew on (a small concession) instead of some meat (which the dog would prefer). There ain't no such thing as a free lunch - you never get something for nothing - now a common business expression, often used in acronym form 'TANSTAAFL', the first recorded use of this version was by Robert Heinlein in his 1966 book 'The moon is a harsh mistress'. Skeat's 1882 dictionary of etymology references 'tit for tat' in 'Bullinger's Works'. An early use is Jim Dawson's blog (started Dec 2007).
Thus, a person could be described as bohemian; so could a coffee-shop, or a training course or festival. Only one officer of 24 survived, and only 168 men of 584. Phonetically there is also a similarity with brash, which has similar meanings - rude, vulgarly self-assertive (probably derived from rash, which again has similar meanings, although with less suggestion of intent, more recklessness). As we engineers were used to this, we automatically talked about our project costs and estimates using this terminology, even when talking to clients and accountants. Backs to the wall/backs against the wall - defend fiercely against a powerful threat - achieved cliche status following inclusion (of the former version) in an order from General Haig in 1918 urging British troops to fight until the end against German forces. Luddite - one who rejects new technology - after the Luddite rioters of 1811-16, who in defence of labourers' jobs in early industrial Britain wrecked new manufacturing machinery. The first slags were men, when the meaning was weak-willed and untrustworthy, and it is this meaning and heritage that initially underpinned the word's transfer to the fairer sex. Discussions would contain references to memory requirements in almost every sentence so we used the word 'kay' instead of the phrase 'kilobytes of memory'. There are very few words which can be spelled in so many different ways, and it's oddly appropriate that any of the longer variants will inevitably be the very first entry in any dictionary. 'Wally' is possibly another great Cornish invention like the steam locomotive; gas lighting; the miner's safety lamp; the dynamite safety-fuse and, best of all, clotted cream... " If you have other early recollections and claims regarding the origins of the wally expression - especially 1950s and prior - please send them. After much searching for a suitable candidate, the mother is eventually taken by a lady to a bedroom in her house, whereupon she opens a closet (Brewer definitely says 'closet' and not 'cupboard'), in which hangs a human skeleton. An Irish variation for eight is 'ochtar'; ten is 'deich'. The common interpretation describes someone or something when they not shown up as expected, in which case it simply refers to the person having 'gone' (past tense of 'go'), ie., physically moved elsewhere by some method or another, and being 'missing' (= absent), ie., not being where they should be or expected to be (by other or others).
Greenback - American dollar note - from when the backs of banknotes issued in 1862 during the American Civil were printed in green. Since Queen Elizabeth I came after Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More, the first version may be the more correct one, or the poet might have known the phrase from More's use of it... " (Thanks Rev N Lanigan). Later, 'teetotum' was an American four-sided spinning-top used for gambling, the meaning derived here from the letter 'T' on one side which represented the total stake money). It was actually published a few years after his death, but I doubt very much whether this affected the use or development of the expression at all - it would almost certainly have already been in use before his time. A piggen is a pail especially a milk pail; and a pig is a small bowl, cup or mug, making 'milk [pail] and bowl'; similar to the modern sign of Jug and Glass, i. e., beer and wine... " See piggy bank below for more detail about the connection between pig and drinking vessels. The sense of booby meaning fool extended later to terms like booby-trap and booby-hatch (lunatic asylum), and also to the verb form of boob, meaning to make a mistake or blunder (i. e., act like a fool). It was derived from the past participle of the old English word cunnan, to know. Gymnastics - athletic exercises - from the Greek word 'gymnasium', which was where athletic sports were performed for the public's entertainment; athletes performed naked, and here lies the origin: 'gumnos' is Greek for naked. We might conclude that given the research which goes into compiling official reference books and dictionaries, underpinned by the increasing opportunity for submitted evidence and corrections over decades, its is doubtful that the term black market originated from a very old story or particular event. A 'chaw-bacon' was a derogatory term for a farm labourer or country bumpkin (chaw meant chew, so a 'chaw-bacon' was the old equivalent of the modern insult 'carrot-cruncher'). The above usage of the 'black Irish' expression is perhaps supported (according to Cassells) because it was also a term given to a former slave who adopted the name of an Irish owner. Tidy - orderly - late middle English from the word 'tide' (of the sea), the extension originally meaning things done punctually and methodically.
Probably directly derived from German (quacksalber). Gall came into Old Englsh as gealla from Germanic, and is also related to the ancient Greek word khole for bile, from which the word choler derives, which came later into English around 1400 meaning yellow bile, again significant in the Four Humours and human condition. The Old English word version of mistletoe first appeared about a thousand years ago when 'tan', meaning twig, from the Germanic origin tainaz, was added to produce 'mistiltan', which evolved by the 15th century into something close to the modern word. A mixture of English, Portuguese and Chinese, used in business transactions in 'The Flowery Empire'... " The Flowery Empire is an old reference to China. Pamphlet - paper leaflet or light booklet - most likely from a Greek lady called Pamphila, whose main work was a book of notes and anecdotes (says 1870 Brewer). The expression, or certainly its origins, are old: at least 1700s and probably earlier.
Bolt from the blue - sudden shock or surprise - see 'thunderbolt'.
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