“Nest Egg” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 14)

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Chickens would lay their eggs in nascent could as a means of giving the chickens-encouraging them to lay more eggs pharmacies to play some coleslaw chartering in the nest. Will the Cooperia the dummy egg was known as a nest egg and did often induce the chickens to be more productive. The expression then came to mean someone's financial savings by the late 1600s in the nick of time means without a second despair began in England in the Middle Ages at that time during team games they be a telling man to keep school. He would carry a tally stick and each time a team scored he would Compass Monique will not chill grooving to the stick.

If the winning. Nick was either just before the end of the match was known as the nicking time. The expression later became known as in the Nichols time 19 to the Dawson means to be going very fast pace. Need originated in the Cornish copper and tin mines in the 19th century in England, pumps were necessary piece of equipment at the mines and we used to clear out the excess water that are being used in the mining audited coming as a result of flooding and pumps were used to clear water until the advent of steam driven pumps while the traditional hand pumps was slow and labor-intensive. The steam pumps were fueled by coal Molly efficient when running at maximum capacity by quickly and 19,000 gallons of water for every 12 bushels of coal and an excellent anointing to the Dawson came from to say. No dice mean something is futile. Nothing is happening and it began in America in the early 20th century gambling was illegal in many states of the time. So the guy was interrupted by the policing of right men went to great lengths to hide their dogs when challenged courts would throw out illegal gambling cases. If no dogs could be profit as evidence. No dogs meant no conviction. This led some gamblers to even swallow their dogs to avoid arrest expression was then used clinically by the 1920s no such thing as a free lunch means you never get anything for nothing and is always a hidden cost began during the 1940s in America. Bonds and restaurants of the time, began offering a free lunch to any customer who bought a drink. However, free lunch was usually something insubstantial like a salty snack, which do little more than encourage a patron to drink more and spend more money. It soon became apparent that offer free lunch people spending more money than if I just paid for approval lunch in the first place. This technique become a lucrative lifer's establishments to make money. Many even advertise the free lunch in local newspapers, with the salt means to be an effective formal deserving of one's piety. It draws from Roman times before the invention of canned goods and refrigeration salt was a valuable commodity in the preservation of food. Roman soldiers receive some of their wages as allowance of salt. This was known as a solarium, which takes this route from Sal, the Latin word for salt that mode and I would salary actually draws from if a soldier did not perform well was not up to scratch it was said that he was with you salt the expression, nothing is certain except for death and taxes means literally the only those two things of the certain things in life began in 1726 with a book by Daniel Defoe right Robinson Crusoe. The book was the political history of the devil way right things as certain as death and taxes can be more firmly believed it was Benjamin Franklin: the phrase minor widespread in writing about the new Constitution in the letter in 7099 he wrote out a new Constitution is now established and has an appearance that promises permanency, but in this world nothing can be certain, except death and taxes off-the-cuff means to carry out a task spontaneously without preparation to phrase that relates to public speaking from the 1800s when men wore shirts with detachable calls and costs which made them easy to clean politicians and keynote speakers generally wanted to give an audience the impression that I will good speakers and could hold people's attention without any preparation or the need to refer to notes. It was a common practice at the time to write notes on the show that counsel for speech only they could see the notes so the audience to be none the wiser politician would also make additional loss minute notes on the cost account of the arguments their opponents say the expression came off-the-cuff on a wing and a prayer means to be hopeful but unlikely to succeed in its another expression that stems from World War II.

The story goes that American pilot flew back device with one wing of explain badly damaged the other men of the Bise grimace that he hadn't crashed and he told them that he been praying always in another pilot then coined the phrase when he said a wing and a prayer wrote you back the phrase single worldwide attention when it was referred to into Hollywood films flying Tigers, starring John Whiting 1942, and a wing and a prayer known in 44 coming in on a wing and a prayer was also a patriotic song released anointing 43 that popularize the expression and a great job as always on the production by Greg Kegler and a special thanks to Andrew Thompson. He had us laughing out loud here in the studio. The whole crew. So many of these short stories and they are a series of short stories about phrases or laugh out loud funny. Andrew Thompson is the narrator and the voice you were listening to anyways written a terrific book called here of the dog to paint the town red. Curious origins of everyday sayings and fun phrases.

I particularly was laughing at Nesta because were well raising chickens and key times we want the chickens to be a little more productive we throw in a fake. It works they think somehow that they need another one. We have no idea why it works with the fate that has proved to be well a great way to get more eggs. So many good stories Andrew Thompson on the curious origins of everyday sayings on L Americans view of the great American stories we tell and love America like we do for asking you to become a part of the All-American stories family. If you agree that America is a good and great country. Please make a donation monthly gift of $17.76 is fast becoming a favorite option for supporters to allow American stories.com now and go to the donate button and help us keep the great American stories coming to our American stories.com carpentry is my hustle, but for small business insurance. I need my State Farm agent, their small business owners to so they know how to help you vest like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Call your local State Farm agent for quote today Sue millions will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7.

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