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The saying rule of thumb came from the days when it was ok to beat your wife but the law was you couldn't hit her with anything wider than your thumb
money for old rope came from the days of hanging where they would sell the noose after the hanging to the highest bidder, hence money for old rope |
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"The saying rule of thumb came from the days when it was ok to beat your wife but the law was you couldn't hit her with anything wider than your thumb
money for old rope came from the days of hanging where they would sell the noose after the hanging to the highest bidder, hence money for old rope "
Two very interesting ones :0) |
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"Every silver lining has a cloud - depends if you are an optimist or pessimist 
Isn't it every cloud has a silver lining? Lol
Man who bites tongue when drinking tea, makes awful mess "
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"The saying rule of thumb came from the days when it was ok to beat your wife but the law was you couldn't hit her with anything wider than your thumb
money for old rope came from the days of hanging where they would sell the noose after the hanging to the highest bidder, hence money for old rope "
Very interesting. I'm enlightened  |
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"Money for old rope came from the days of hanging where they would sell the noose after the hanging to the highest bidder, hence money for old rope "
WRONG lol
Prisoners were given the job of unravelling ships old damaged rope, and paid |
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"Kick the Bucket"
After the Norman invasion, a variety of Norman French words were introduced to England, one was Buquet, a word for rafter (Bastardised, in the English way, to Bucket). When a pig was slaughtered it would be tied to a rafter by the hind legs and then have it's throat slit. This would make it "Kick the Bucket"
"To be Sent to Coventry"
During the English Civil War, Coventry was a Parliamentary stronghold and Royalist Prisoners of War (of political value) would be sent to be sent, on their parole (or promise not to escape or to commit sabotage) to be interned i Coventry. No one would speak to them.....
"Give the Cold Shoulder"
Int the high middle medieval period the rules of Chivalry dictated that a person of equal status should be given hospitality, be fed and given a place to sleep. It was not polite to over stay ones welcome, but equally one was not able to ask a guest to leave. The polite method was so serve the unwelcome party a "cold shoulder" of mutton......... |
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Saved by the bell
The way this came around was back in the day people were accidently buried alive so they made special coffins with a rope attached to a bell. And the night gourds would listen for bells at night obviously lol hence saved by the bell |
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"Saved by the bell
The way this came around was back in the day people were accidently buried alive so they made special coffins with a rope attached to a bell. And the night gourds would listen for bells at night obviously lol hence saved by the bell "
Gaurds* |
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"Money for old rope came from the days of hanging where they would sell the noose after the hanging to the highest bidder, hence money for old rope
WRONG lol
Prisoners were given the job of unravelling ships old damaged rope, and paid "
Not quite, this job was performed by children in Alms Houses, Foundling Homes and Poor Houses. Prisons were extremely rare up until the social reforms of the mid 19th Century, anyone convicted of a Non Capital Crime would be given a sentence of lashes, be placed in "the stocks" or indentured and sent to the colonies (either North America or later to Australia).
Money for Old Rope is, truly, more firmly attached to the sale of the Hangman's Rope. Sorry............ |
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"By hook or by crook" refers to the amount of fruit a commoner could legally obtain from his Lord's orchards by pulling down tree branches with the end of a bill-hook or shepherd's crook. |
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"Money for old rope came from the days of hanging where they would sell the noose after the hanging to the highest bidder, hence money for old rope
WRONG lol
Prisoners were given the job of unravelling ships old damaged rope, and paid
Not quite, this job was performed by children in Alms Houses, Foundling Homes and Poor Houses. Prisons were extremely rare up until the social reforms of the mid 19th Century, anyone convicted of a Non Capital Crime would be given a sentence of lashes, be placed in "the stocks" or indentured and sent to the colonies (either North America or later to Australia).
Money for Old Rope is, truly, more firmly attached to the sale of the Hangman's Rope. Sorry............"
No its not cos it was on the telly lol
Between the devil and the deep blue sea;
The devil is the last planking of a ships lower deck, each being curved and difficult to access when fitting. |
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"Gertcha cowson. "
Sorry I didn't put an explanation.
When the kids are swinging on the gate
Gertcha!
When the paperboy's half an hour late
Gertcha!
When the pigeons are pecking at his seed
Gertcha!
When the farmer starts digging up his s
Gertcha cowson. |
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"Saved by the bell
The way this came around was back in the day people were accidently buried alive so they made special coffins with a rope attached to a bell. And the night gourds would listen for bells at night obviously lol hence saved by the bell
Gaurds*"
guards |
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"Saved by the bell
The way this came around was back in the day people were accidently buried alive so they made special coffins with a rope attached to a bell. And the night gourds would listen for bells at night obviously lol hence saved by the bell
Gaurds*
guards "
My phone is dyslexic sorry lol |
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"World war 2 pilots where given 9 yard chain ammunition. Therefore when he used all of his ammunition on one target he gave it "the whole 9 yards ""
This is true, but originally the phrase came from the first world war as a Lewis Gun (the British Trench Machine Gun) had a belt of ammunition 9 Yards long.
"To Go Off Half Cocked"
No, this doesn't mean to leave a gang bang early.........The Brown Bess Musket was muzzle loaded and the Ball (and powder and wadding) was pushed down the barrel with a Ram Rod. Battlefields were terrifying places (despite the British Army being the only one which did Drill Training with Live ammunition, to simulate the noise and smoke of the battlefield) and often an infantryman would fire his musket without having removed the Ram Rod. This was called firing (or Going Off) Half Cocked......... |
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"Bob's Your Uncle"
There are a few origins for this one, the one I believe to be true is the appointment of Arthur Balfour to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland, which was a very prestigious position, by his Uncle, Prime Minister Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, in 1887 under a Conservative lead coalition Government. |
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""Bob's Your Uncle"
There are a few origins for this one, the one I believe to be true is the appointment of Arthur Balfour to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland, which was a very prestigious position, by his Uncle, Prime Minister Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, in 1887 under a Conservative lead coalition Government. "
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You can't have your cake and eat it, meaning you can't have it both ways.
An early recording of the phrase is in a letter on 14 March 1538 from Thomas, Duke of Norfolk to Thomas Cromwell, as "a man can not have his cake and eate his cake". |
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