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  1. Origin of the phrase "That's mighty white of you..."

    Aug 5, 2018 · That is a bully letter of yours about the [Ridgway's] Weekly and it was mighty white of you to write it. The man who believes in the Resurrection has the best end of the bargain.

  2. Origin of “ish kabibble” as an interjection i.e. 'What, me worry?'

    Oct 18, 2020 · A jazz song, "Ish Kabibble ... (I don't care)," became the staple of a trumpet player in Kay Kyser's band (21,000,000 radio listeners weekly), who adopted the name, a shlemiel's …

  3. Origin of the idiom "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts"?

    The aphorism was coined by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Don Meredith, who later became a sports commentator for the TV show Monday Night Football in 1970. 17 December 1970, Ada …

  4. Where did the phrase "batsh*t crazy" come from?

    This use continued and overlapped with the "crazy" meaning: further citations are given for definition #1 from Dean Koontz's 1985 novel Door to December and from Seattle Weekly in …

  5. Why do we say that one can "talk the hind legs off a donkey"?

    May 7, 2011 · talk the hind leg off a donkey talk incessantly. British informal In 1808 talking a horse's hind leg off was described as an 'old vulgar hyperbole' in Cobbett's Weekly Political …

  6. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 24, 2016 · I’m looking for a term to cover the kinds of things that we frequently buy at the grocery store but that are not actually groceries. The term needs to include things like: toilet …

  7. What were stalkers called before they were called "stalkers"?

    May 26, 2015 · A stalker is commonly referred to as: a person who harasses another person, as a former lover, a famous person, etc., in an aggressive, often threatening and illegal manner: …

  8. Origin of the expression "to run roughshod over someone"

    Niles' Weekly Register, Baltimore, US: "Gracious heaven!-are such things to be, that tifty men may "ride rough shod, over a ruined people — a great and gallant nation, the pride of the …

  9. expressions - Why does one scream blue murder? - English …

    Jun 29, 2019 · To scream blue murder is to shout loudly and make a huge fuss, sometimes with the implication that the fuss is excessive. But does anyone know why murder should be blue?

  10. prepositions - Which one is correct? "Offer ends at/on 1 March" or ...

    Feb 26, 2015 · Subscribe today and receive a weekly helping of witty and entertaining comment and analysis on politics, society and the arts. Offer ends 14 September 2007 The date format …