{"id":12100,"date":"2013-08-12T10:10:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T09:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=12100"},"modified":"2013-08-12T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T09:13:51","slug":"whats-the-origin-of-those-estrange-words-and-phrases-in-the-english-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=12100","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the origin of those strange words and phrases in the English language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the answer is quite gruesome. For instance, ever wondered where these terms came from?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rule of thumb<\/li>\n<li>Paying through the nose<\/li>\n<li>Gone to pot<\/li>\n<li>Bury the hatchet<\/li>\n<li>Pull someone&#8217;s leg<\/li>\n<li>Deadline<\/li>\n<li>Saved by the bell<\/li>\n<li>Pressed for an answer<\/li>\n<li>Holding a wake<\/li>\n<li>Running amok<\/li>\n<li>Diehard<\/li>\n<li>Bless you!<\/li>\n<li>Bite the bullet<\/li>\n<li>Basket case<\/li>\n<li>Hoist by your own petard<\/li>\n<li>To haul someone over the coals<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Fanny Adams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the answers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/gruesome-origins-everyday-phrases-saved-2154388\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12105,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12100\/revisions\/12105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}