Phrases their meanings and origins
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Phrases their meanings and origins
Sat Oct 03 2015, 09:01
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Scot Free.
Meaning
Without incurring payment; or escaping without punishment.
Could this be the origin
Dred Scott was a black slave born in Virginia, USA in 1799. In several celebrated court cases, right up to the USA Supreme Court in 1857, he attempted to gain his freedom. These cases all failed but Scott was later made a free man by his so-called owners, the Blow family. Knowing this, we might feel that we don't need to look further for the origin of 'scott free'. Many people, especially in the USA, are convinced that the phrase originated with the story of Dred Scott.
Scot Free.
Meaning
Without incurring payment; or escaping without punishment.
Could this be the origin
Dred Scott was a black slave born in Virginia, USA in 1799. In several celebrated court cases, right up to the USA Supreme Court in 1857, he attempted to gain his freedom. These cases all failed but Scott was later made a free man by his so-called owners, the Blow family. Knowing this, we might feel that we don't need to look further for the origin of 'scott free'. Many people, especially in the USA, are convinced that the phrase originated with the story of Dred Scott.
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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Mon Jan 29 2018, 12:06
It's raining frogs in Paris this week. That's the French equivalent of “raining cats and dogs.” Lots and lots of rain. So much that the River Seine overflowed its banks, and towns across France are dealing with floods.
From drivel cometh knowledge
From drivel cometh knowledge

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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Sun Oct 21 2018, 16:22
Sods Law
A humorous or facetious precept stating that if something can go wrong or turn out inconveniently it will.
Only in my house
A humorous or facetious precept stating that if something can go wrong or turn out inconveniently it will.
Only in my house

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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Wed Apr 17 2019, 18:45
A red rag to a bull
To wave a red rag to a bull is to deliberately provoke it. More generally, the expression denotes any deliberate action intended to bring about an adverse reaction.
In the 17th century, to wave a red rag at someone was merely to chatter with them - 'red rag' was then a slang term for the tongue. This usage is cited in print as early as 1605 and is nicely illustrated in Francis Grose's definition in The
Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785:
"Shut your potatoe trap, and give your redrag a holiday."
To wave a red rag to a bull is to deliberately provoke it. More generally, the expression denotes any deliberate action intended to bring about an adverse reaction.
In the 17th century, to wave a red rag at someone was merely to chatter with them - 'red rag' was then a slang term for the tongue. This usage is cited in print as early as 1605 and is nicely illustrated in Francis Grose's definition in The
Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1785:
"Shut your potatoe trap, and give your redrag a holiday."
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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Wed Apr 17 2019, 22:59
"How's your arse for blackheads"?
Meaning: "How are you feeling"?
Origin: - Unknown!
Meaning: "How are you feeling"?
Origin: - Unknown!
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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Wed Apr 17 2019, 23:16
More information Tonker
https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-get-rid-of-blackheads-on-my-buttocks
https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-get-rid-of-blackheads-on-my-buttocks
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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Wed Apr 17 2019, 23:31
I heard Mac runs a weekend clinic solely for buttock blackheads!
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Re: Phrases their meanings and origins
Thu Apr 18 2019, 16:18
More bottomage!

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