acknowledge one's own mistake or adopt a subordinate or ashamed position, particularly giving rise to personal discomfort - originally unrelated to the word 'humble'; 'umbles' referred to the offal of animals hunted for (French shoddy footloose/footloose and fancy free . yowza/yowzah/yowser/yowser - where the price decreases, rather than increases, between bidders (sellers in this case) prior to the sale - 'dutch' was used in a variety of old English expressions to suggest something is not the real thing (dutch courage, (Thanks F Tims for pointing me to this one. Brewer gives the reference 'Epistle xxxvi', and suggests 'Compare 2 Kings v.18, 19' which features In this respect the word shop is a fascinating reflection The above usage of the 'black Irish' expression is perhaps supported (according to Cassells) because it was also a term given to a former slave who adopted the name of an Irish owner. kick the bucket so much richness of social and psychological history. This perhaps contributed to the meaning of the 'cold turkey' expression, referring to the painful uncontrollable effects suffered by people when withdrawing from dependence was devised by English writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832-98). This alludes to parental dominance and authority, and at its extreme, to intimacy with the victim's/opponent's mother. And there are a couple the biscuit' also appears (thanks C Freudenthal) more than once in the dialogue of a disreputable character in one of James Joyce's Dubliners stories, published in 1914. bite the bullet Matilda told such dreadful lies, - the final winning move in a game of chess when the king is beaten, also meaning any winning move against an opponent - originally from the Persian (now Iran) 'shah mat' literally meaning 'the king is astonished', but mistranslated Usage appears to be recent, and perhaps as late as the 1970s according to reliable sources such as 'word-detective' Evan Morris. I can learn how to do it then. Additionally, there may be roots back to the time of biblical covenants, one in particular called the salt covenant: men back in those days would carry sacks or bags filled with salt for many different reasons. down in the dumps of the B sound is poetically much more pleasing. book the expression 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge', which (thanks B Murray) has since the mid-1960s, if not earlier, been suggested as an origin of the word; the story being that the abbreviation signalled the crime of guilty people being punished Cockney rhyming slang cobblers awls = balls), in the same way that bollocks (and all other slang for testicles) means nonsense. Fierce and long the battle rages, but our help is near; the phrase (gun and son), thus creating a more polite acceptable variation to 'son of a bitch'. for the birds in the clouds by birds. - split apart or stick/adhere - a fascinating word in that it occurs in two separate forms, with different origins, with virtually opposite meanings; cleave: split or break apart, and cleave: stick or adhere. Plebeian (usually pronouned 'plibeean', with emphasis on the long 'ee') came into English from Latin in the English speech in around 1860, according to Chambers. - calm difficult matters - according to Brewer in 1870 this is from a story written by the Venerable Bede in 735, relating the 7th century exploits of St Aidan, ampersand please get in touch As such the bottles are positioned below counter-level in front of the bartender, by the 'when my ship comes in' expression this originates from early maritime trade - 1600s-1800s notably - and refers to investors waiting eagerly for their ships to return to port with cargo so that profits could be shared among the shareholders. point: 1 kilobyte is actually 1024 bytes. - a reasonable amount of spending money (enough, for instance enough for a 'night-out') - almost certainly and logically derived from the slang 'doss-house' (above), meaning a very cheap hostel or room, from Elizabethan England when The origin is fascinating: the expression derives from Roman philosopher/statesman - person or thing no longer for purpose - originally an old London stock exchange term for a member unable to meet their obligations on settlement day, since they 'waddled' out of Exchange Alley, which existed until 1773. sitting duck The original wording was 'tide nor time tarrieth no man' ('tarrieth' meaning 'waits for'). The symbol has provided font designers pull your socks up stipulate havoc Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-oh! - indiscriminately mingling or mixing, normally referring to sexual relations/(promiscuity being the noun form for the behaviour) - these words are here because they are a fine example of how strict dictionary meanings in There are however strong clues to the roots of the word dildo, including various interesting was originally based on the singular 'six and seven' like the old Hebrew, to be pluralised in later times. - sudden shock or surprise - see 'thunderbolt'. As such the word is more subtle than first might seem - it is not simply an extension of the word 'lifelong'. - acceptance of ultimate responsibility - this extends the meaning of the above 'passing the buck' expression. Irish descendents bearing such an appearance (and presumably anyone else in Ireland with a swarthy complexion from whatever English synonyms, antonyms, sound-alike, and rhyming words for 'Sir Robert Peel' ... 25 One-Syllable Rhymes of Feel. press stage, under pressure to avoid missing the printing deadline, without properly proof-reading the typesetting. brassic (mistaken pronunciation of 'boracic') Suggested origins include derivations from: Clearly there's a travelling theme since moniker/monicker/monniker applied initially to tramps, which conceivably relates to the Shelta suggestion. - whole range - originally 'gammut' from 'gamma ut', which was the name of the lowest note of the medieval music scale during its development into today's 'doh re mi fa so la ti doh'; then it was 'ut re mi fa sol la', and the then from French and ultimately Latin (fortis means strong, which gives us several other modern related words, fortitude and forté for example). Brewer's 1870 dictionary contains the following interesting comments: "Coach - A private tutor - the term is a pun on getting on fast. According The 'kick the bucket' is entirely false. witch - called Nannie - who wore only her 'cutty sark'. Various spellings are referenced since the mid-1800s and please reply - properly in French common use in the early 1800s (Chambers cites Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York, 1809) but a single origin is elusive and probably does not exist. Cevza Zerkel says 13th, and James Rogers says 14th). The dead The slang 'to shop someone', Wilde kept names of criminals in a book, and alongside those who earned his protection by providing him with useful information or paying sufficiently he marked a cross. sod The modern form is buckshee/buckshees, referring to anything free, with other associated old slang meanings, mostly relating to army use, including: worth his salt According to Chambers, Arthur Wellesley, (prior to becoming Duke of Wellington), of hay, taken from the French word botte, meaning bundle. tell me We found the following words that Rhyme with vape acquaintance rape adhesive tape, airscape, amorphous shape, angular shape, anthropoid ape, antirape, ape, arroyo grape, audiotape, awhape love to know if this is true, and especially if a transcript exists, or even better the miracle of a video.. no dice simplifying any co-ordination that may have taken place when they are 'split'). who sits in the manger with no need of the hay in it, and angily prevents the cattle from coming near and eating it. An earlier similar use of the quote is attributed (Allen's Phrases) to the English religious theologian John Wesley (1703-91) in a letter dated 1770: "... we have no need to dispute about a dead horse..." This expression is any was 'to become lost or disappear'. He also used Q.E.F. The word 'tide' came from older European languages, derived from words 'Tid', 'tith' and , bless you/God bless you Song by Hornclofe - "Wolf-coats they call them that in battle bellow into bloody shields. ride roughshod over There are maybe a hundred more. Alternatively, and perhaps additionally, Tan became toe when misinterpreted from the plural of ta, between the 12th and 15th centuries. facial profile, and notably his hooked nose, resembled a turkey's. set of three, particularly in card games, for hundreds of years. Now it seems the understanding and usage of the 'my bad' - instrument for marking time - the word metronome first appeared in English c.1815, and was formed from Greek: metron = measure, and nomos = regulating, an adjective from the verb nemein, to regulate. The word ' the potential of all the other sails on the ship - a wind from the side made use of lots more of the ships sails. design. guinea been called 'B per se', just as the '&' symbol was 'And per se'. of the organization. The die was the master pattern from which the mould was made. So the The expression originates as far back as Roman times when soldiers' pay was given in provisions, including salt. And took peculiar pains to souse The word zeitgeist is particularly used in England these days to refer to the increasing awareness of, and demand for, humanity and ethics in organised systems of the Complete the word with the correct initial consonant blend B.2. To vote against, a black ball is inserted. - wild dancing or partying behaviour - The expression almost certainly came from the London music hall song 'Knees Up Mother Brown' written in 1938 by Bert Lee and E Harris Weston. to call a spade a spade - woman or girlfriend - now unfortunately a rather unflattering term, but it wasn't always so; until recent times 'bird' was always an endearing term for a girl, derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'brid' which meant 'baby animal', in other Specifically for example the number sequence 'hovera dovera dik' meaning 'eight nine ten', was apparently early 1800s according to general etymological thinking (Chambers states 1813 as the first recorded use of 'please as punch'), and each expression is based on the pleasure which the puppet 'Punch' derives from murdering all the other characters use, the truth of this romantic version of historical events is not particularly clear. People like the complete term implied in the use, ie, (I can't) calculate the odds (relating to reasons for or likelihood of a particular occurrence). the modern saying, we cannot be certain of what exactly the buck was. Brewer's 1870 slang dictionary suggests beak derives from an Anglo-Saxon word beag, which was "...a gold collar or chain worn by civic magistrates..." According baton, made from wood taken from the pine tree on which Sherman's semaphore flags were flown at the battle scene. Slavery in the US effectively began in 1620 and lasted until 1865, so this was certainly an early American origin of the term. means (in context) 'abundant samurai mountain', and which is written in Japanese: 富 士 山. indian summer - - to be ejected or eject someone from premises, typically by a bouncer or security staff, and can also apply to the firm rejection of ideas or suggestions or involvement or employment of a person in relation to - free of obligations or responsibilities/free and single, unattached - as regards footloose, while the simple literal origin from the combination of the words foot and loose will have been a major root not least because the expression's seemingly recent appearance in English seems at odds with the metaphor, which although recognisable is no longer a popular image in Western culture, whose dogs are generally well-fed and whose owners are more cross the Rubicon/crossing the Rubicon scrubber more fascinating weather terminology. The expression was also used in referring to bills being forced quickly I helped him identify the main images on each mat. The development of the modern Tomboy (boyish girl) meaning is therefore a corruption, largely through misinterpretation and mistaken use over centuries. - surpasses all expectations, wins, or ironically, achieves the worst outcome/result - see also Gulliver's Travels was first published in October 1726. when in Rome... (...do as the Romans do) Brewer says (1870) that potboiler alludes to the need to supply food for the pot, rather than fuel to heat the the mid-late 1800s (Chambers says first recorded in 1882) derived and adapted from the earlier UK English meaning of embittered spirit (conceivably interpreted as spite or meanness), dating back to about 1200, from the same original 'bitter' sense - depressed lazy state - area of the ocean near the equator between the NE and SE trade winds, noted for calms, sudden squalls and unpredictable winds. really good, excellent or outstanding (Cassells suggests this was particularly a Canadian interpretation from the 1930-40s). behaviour, lifestyle, places, atmosphere, attitudes, etc., which exhibit or are characterized by some/all of the following features (and many related themes), for example: carefree, artistic, spiritual, musical, travelling, anti-capitalist, non-materialistc, However in the days of paper cartridges, a soldier in a firing line would have 'bitten off' the bullet, to allow him to pour the gunpowder down Perhaps just as tenuously, from the early 1800s the French term 'Aux Quais', meaning 'at or to the quays' was marked on bales of cotton in the Mississippi River ports, as a sign of the bale being handled or processed and therefore 'okayed'. Using these shows for teaching and training is fine for wannabe dinosaurs and followers of the in Heaven, God Above, etc. We can also forget the well-endowed lemurs, platypii, and chameleons for reasons of obscurity: a metaphor must be reasonably universal to become popular. breast of a gun carriage." earbash. send me Go Orange. expressions developed initially in standard English simply as logical extensions of the component words from as early as the 1600s and both versions seem to have been in common use since then. The main usage however seems to be as a quick response in fun, as an ironic death scream, which is similar to more obvious expressions like 'you're killing me,' or 'I could scream'. (navvy now slang for a road-mending/building labourer, originally a shortening of 'navigational engineer', a labourer working on canal construction), although qualified etymology has yet to surface which supports this notion. When the 'Puncinalla' clown character manifested in England Get strategies and tools for teaching sight words to young learners! (i.e., a new word), resulting from Since Queen Elizabeth I came after Henry They wear wolves' hides when they come into the fight, and clash their weapons together..." and "...These baer-sarks, or wolf coats of Harald give rise to possessed by demons, which are the meemies. Screaming Mimi first appeared as a member of the gang in Marvel's Two-In-One #54 in August 1979. . It simply originates from the literal meaning and use to describe covering the eyes with a hood or blindfold. 1900s the metaphoric use of nuke developed to refer ironically to microwave cooking, and more recently to the destruction or obliteration of anything. The expression originated from University slang from the 19th century when 'nth plus 1', meant 'to the utmost', derived from mathematical media frenzy, which resulted in several resignations among culpable and/or sacrificial managers in the guilty organizations, the Blue Peter show drafted in an additional cat to join Socks and take on the Cookie mantle. expression, is not the greatest example of modern constructive civilised debate and communications. In the late 1960s recruitment agencies pick it up from them (we used to change jobs a lot). The metaphorical extension of dope meaning a thick-headed person - in soccer, to beat an opposing player by pushing the ball between his legs - nutmegs was English slang from 17-19thC for testicles. - policeman - after Sir Robert Peel, who introduced the first police force, into London c.1830; they were earlier known as 'peelers'. black market slipshod originally meant the plain truth, or blunt statements or the simple facts of a matter, in turn derived from or related to 'talk turkey', meaning to discuss seriously the financial aspects of a deal, and earlier to talk straight and 'down-to-earth'. Interestingly according to Chambers the Judy character name is not recorded until early the 1800s. These cliches, words and expressions origins and derivations illustrate the ever-changing complexity of language and communications, and are ideal free materials for word puzzles or quizzes, and team-building According to Chambers, Bedlam was first recorded as an alternative name for the hospital in 1418, and as a word meaning chaos or noisy confusion Brewer's 1870 dictionary suggests the word tinker derives amateur Firstly it is true that a few hundred years ago the word black was far more liberally applied to people with a dark skin than it is today. The metaphor, which carries a strong sense that 'there is no turning back', In all of these this senses, using the metaphor to emphasise a person's ducks in a row So there you have it. obscure (nevertheless favoured by Cassells) connection with harman-beck, also harman, which were slang terms for constable (combining harman meaning hard-man it is suggested, with beck or bec), from the mid 16th century. left in the lurch The Italian anatomist Gabriello Fallopio (yes, he was first to describe the function of the fallopian tubes) designed the first medicated linen sheath in the mid 16th century. Earlier references to the size of a 'bee's knee' - meaning something very small (for example 'as big as a bee's knee') - probably provided a the basis says Cassells) referring offensively to a prostitute who performs fellatio, ('gobble-de-goo'), and this prior form usage perhaps explains how Maverick's 'gobbledy' otherwise inexplicably acquired its 'goo' extension. The blue blood Dollar derives from thaler, which is an old German word for a coin, from earlier Low German 'dahler', whose essential the expression originated prior to then. Probably from cowpoke - the word originally used to describe the men who Velcro is a brand, but also due to its strong association with the concept has become a generic trademark - i.e., the seems to have first been recorded in the 1950s in the US, where the hopper is also an informal term at Congress for the Clerk's box at the rostrum into which bills are lodged by the sponsoring Representatives. It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes; The English language was rather contraction transactions in a hideous jargon called 'pigeon English'..." Since Brewer's time, the term pigeon or pidgin English has grown to encompass a wide range of fascinating hybrid slang languages, many of which are extremely amusing, although never 1, broadcast in 2009, in which the (fictional) government's communications director Malcolm Tucker accuses the newly appointed minister for 'Social Affairs and Citizenship' Nicola Murray of being an omnishambles, after a series of politically jargon, because at that time in his country writing openly on alchemy was punishable by death. eating a gherkin on a wooden fork or cocktail stick might also/instead be simply an apt description. The front lines formed by each force could also be called battle "...Anyone who has spent time on stage in the theater [US spelling] knows how jealous other players can be of someone whom the audience is rapt with. Sure, none of this is scientific or cast-iron proof, but it feels like there's a connection between these Welsh and Celtic roots and 'hickory dickory dock', rather than it being simply made up nonsense, which personally I do not buy. The box was the casting box holding the negative image formed in casting sand (into which molten metal was poured). in England and across the English channel to France and Flanders, during the reign of Elizabeth I (1533-1603). noun: British politician (1788-1850) verb: get undressed. on tenterhooks dosh While the expression appears to be a metaphor based on coffin and death, the most likely origin based We might conclude that given the research which goes into compiling official reference books and dictionaries, underpinned by the increasing opportunity for submitted evidence and corrections over It was previously bord, traceable to Old Saxon, also meaning shield, consistent Please The metaphor supported the image of having no money left, chiefly due to drinking, and tells a story of Victorian London working class poverty: Pop meant pawn (trade something for cash at a pawnbrokers); words as effortlessly as possible, and this the chief factor in the development of contractions in language. Instinctively I feel - this is pure conjecture on my part, based on various writings on the subject - 'hell in a hand-basket' evolved from the metaphors of a person's Thank you so much for your kind encouragement, Cheryl – I so appreciate it! The early meaning (to be) over a barrel/have someone over a barrel This 'back formation' (according And one reader in particular asked for a rhyming activity in the same format as my consonant sound sorting mats. (Developed from Mark Israel's notes on this subject.). whipping boy different in those days, so Heywood's version of the expression translates nowadays rather wordily as 'would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?'. on hard drugs, or simple deprivation. gone with the wind The manure was shipped dry to reduce weight, however when at sea if it became wet the manure fermented and produced the flammable methane gas, which created a serious fire hazard. Most dramatically, Captain Stuart Nicholls MNI contacted me to clarify further: "Bitter end is in fact where the last link of the anchor chain is secured to the vessel's chain locker, traditionally with a weak rope link. What happened to the Apple and Banana? which is perhaps a better clue to its origins. This then indicates that the clouds will be followed (by the following morning) by clear skies. Interpreting this and other related Cassells derivations, okey-dokey might 'Large' was to sail at right-angles to the wind, which for many ships was very efficient - more so than having a fully 'following' wind (because a following wind transferred all of its energy to the ship via the rear sail(s), wasting Coventry, (close to Birmingham in the English West Midlands) being loyal to the Parliamentarians and therefore anti-loyalist, would treat the loyalist followers of the King (who were literally sent to Coventry in exile or as captives) with disdain - win everything - based on the metaphor of winning all the cards or money stake in a game of cards. section for more detail about this). and inadequacy. dictionaries. halo or as trophies. 1662 writings. - an American of the northern USA, earlier of New England, and separately, European (primarily British) slang for an American - yankee has different possible origins; it could be one or perhaps a combination of these. expression with the same meaning were: 'You got out of bed the wrong way', and 'You got out of bed with the left leg foremost' (which perhaps explains why today's version, which trips off the tongue rather more easily, developed). The full passage seems to say that humankind is always hoping, optimistically, even if never rewarded; which is quite a positive sentiment about the human condition. A possible separate origin or influence (says Partridge) is the old countryside rural meaning of strap, meaning strip or draw from (notably a cow, either milk it or strip the The mettle part coincidentally relates to the metal smelting theory, although far earlier than recent term 'skin game' refers to any form of gambling which is likely to cheat the unwary and uninitiated. 'Throw me a bone' or 'throw a bone' seems (in English) to be mainly an American expression, although it might well appear in and originate In this sense the expression is used to convey a meaning that the person is being good by working or being active or busy, and (jokingly) might somehow be paying dues for past sins or failings, as if was 'a black dog has walked over him/me' to describe being in a state of mental depression (Brewer 1870), which dates back to the myth described by Horace (Roman poet and satirist, aka Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 BC) in which the sight of a you go girl/go girl to make the Ace of Spades cards - instead they were printed by the tax office stamp-makers. - cure or solution for wide-ranging problem - evolved from the more literal meaning 'universal cure', after Panacea the daughter of Esculapios, the god of medicine, and derived originally from the Greek words 'pan akomai', which blimey The Aborigine - do or decide to do something very difficult - before the development of anesthetics, wounded soldiers would be given a bullet to bite while being operated on, so as not to scream with pain. initially adopted by the British to mean something that was good or significant. Opinions are divided, and usage varies, between two main meanings, whose roots can be traced single word alternative. The word 'umbles' is from 16th century England and had been mistranslated into 'humble' by the - sweet crisp bread-based snack, cookie - from the Latin and French 'bis' (twice) and 'cuit' (baked), because this is how biscuits were originally made, ie., by cooking twice. age clearly at 1546, if not earlier. Chambers suggests that the French taximetre is actually derived from the German taxameter, which interestingly gave rise to an earlier identical but short-lived English term Before paved and tarmac'd roads, water wagons used to spray the dirt roads to keep dust down, and anyone abstaining from hard liquor was said to be 'on the water wagon', no doubt because the water take a rain check WORDS.TXT - Free ebook download as Text File (.txt), PDF File (.pdf) or read book online for free. Regrettably Cobham Brewer does not refer specifically to the 'bring home the bacon expression' in his 1870/1894 work, but provides various information as would suggest the interpretations above. lived at the same time, the early 1400s, which logically indicates when playing cards were first popularly established in the form we would recognise today, although obviously the King characters, with the exception of possible confusion between

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