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Bruce
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:42 pm    Post subject: the phrase that pays Reply with quote

Remember the children's rhyme: "fuzzy-wuzzy was a bear..."? Did you know that the term "fuzzy wuzzy" was a derogatory term for a black person? How about the origins of: "a dish fit for the gods", "a picture paints (is worth) a thousand words", "Batten down the hatches", "bet your bottom dollar" "bought the farm", the "devil and the deep blue sea" or "the last straw" Here's a site that seems to have the answers.

Oh, and according to them, "rule of thumb" has never been about spousal cruelty.

Have fun!

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/f.html

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