well known phrases and where they come from................

[Randall]

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/sent ... entry.html

[coombsy48]

i got told that the phrase "rule of thumb" came about as there was a law (in england) years ago that let you beat your wife with a stick but it could be no wider than your thumb, ah the good old days

[M H]

Freezing The Balls Off A Brass Monkey!

A brass monkey was a tray that cannon balls were stored on, as the weather got colder the tray would contract and the balls would fall off

[skweezit]

drinking the kool-aid.

the phrase is commonly used in a variety of contexts to describe blind, uncritical acceptance or following
a tasteless reference to the Jonestown massacre, guyana, 1978

[Randall]

i got told that the phrase "rule of thumb" came about as there was a law (in england) years ago that let you beat your wife with a stick but it could be no wider than your thumb, ah the good old days

hard to believe, but true


http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rule-of-thumb.html

[Randall]

something matt just posted, phrases we use with no idea why

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/donkeys-years.html

[M H]

Decimate:

The Roman legions would execute 10% of their soldiers if they were defeated as an example, hence they were decimated

[Randall]

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/peeping-tom.html

lets face it, if godiva did this nowadays she would like be sectioned!