Reader Opinions
Frank D – (rule out) November 28, 2020
Might have come from using a ruler to strike through a word in written text.
Dave Finney – (all the best) November 28, 2020
When someone said all the best to me. I started crying.
2dogs – (Kangaroo court) November 28, 2020
Those arguing that the term originated in Australia identify the original “kangaroo court” as being R v MacArthur 1808 NSWSC 1 – the court case which sparked the “Rum Rebellion”. This is certainly earlier than any known US usage, so the US usages do not disprove this claim.
Why a kangaroo? Governor Bligh was being challenged to provide an independent judge to hear the case against John McArthur. But since McArthur “had dealings with everyone in the colony”, no human could meet this criteria – it was joked that he would need to appoint a kangaroo to fill this role.
Peter Lukacs – (lend me your ears) November 26, 2020
Actually “Lend me your ears” first appeared in 1574’s The Reward of Wickedness, by Richard Robinson:
“Lende me your eares for now my tale beginnes…”
Anonymous – (last but not least) November 26, 2020
Can you relate in this proveb Last, but not least in real-life situation? How?
Rosana H. Efraim – (that’s the way the cookie crumbles) November 26, 2020
In fact, I just watched The Apartment, from 1960, black and white movie with Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon, and at some point he says “that’s just the way it crumbles, cookiewise” long before Bruce Almighty. 🙂
Happiness Eyoh – (when life gives you lemons) November 25, 2020
When life gives you pepper, make pepper soup.
David – (when it rains, it pours) November 24, 2020
From my research of “When it rains, it pours”, the original saying was, “It never rains, but it pours.” As two of the three earlier comments stated, the more familiar former of the two was coined by the Morton Salt Company to advertise its new free-flowing table salt.
Roman – (spick and span) November 23, 2020
Originally the slick king of Jeff was a good king
Jeremiah – (catch-22) November 23, 2020
The EGG before the CHICKEN, or the CHICKEN before the EGG? Classic ‘Catch 22’ situation.
