What’s the origin of those strange words and phrases in the English language?
Sometimes the answer is quite gruesome. For instance, ever wondered where these terms came from?
- Rule of thumb
- Paying through the nose
- Gone to pot
- Bury the hatchet
- Pull someone’s leg
- Deadline
- Saved by the bell
- Pressed for an answer
- Holding a wake
- Running amok
- Diehard
- Bless you!
- Bite the bullet
- Basket case
- Hoist by your own petard
- To haul someone over the coals
- Sweet Fanny Adams
You’ll find the answers here.