Wednesday 31 October 2018

[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ We Bet You Never Knew the Origins of These Common Idioms...


We bet you use the following 8 common idioms all the time, but have you ever stopped to take the time to think about where they came from? If you have, but are still none the wiser, we're about to reveal all!

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In the days before mass merchandising, poorly fastened axe heads would fly off while they were being used. The result was dangerous, hence why the phrase is used to describe risky behavior with unpredictable results.

2. Steal Someone's Thunder

In the early 1700s, English dramatist John Dennis invented a device that imitated the sound of thunder for a play that he was working on. The play was a disaster. Soon after, Dennis noted that another play in the same theater was using his sound-effects device. He angrily exclaimed, "That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my play." This story made its way around London, and the idiom was born.

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