38 Cool Origin Stories to Everyday Sayings
We have all these random sayings that we use all the time, but we never really know where they came from. Well, after reading this post you should know a bit more about the English language.
Take all these stories with a grain of salt, as some of them may not actually be true, but have fun scrolling through them anyway.
Because as long as everyone's feeling entertained, then nothing else really matters.
- List View
- Player View
- Grid View
Advertisement
-
1.
The apple of my eye -
2.
Hold a candle to -
3.
Chow down -
4.
Come up trumps -
5.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush -
6.
Hair of the dog that bit you -
7.
A sight for sore eyes -
8.
A stones throw -
9.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder -
10.
The Acid Test -
11.
Cool as a cucumber -
12.
Busy as a bee -
13.
Bring home the bacon -
14.
A baker’s dozen -
15.
Barking mad -
16.
Bee in your bonnet -
17.
Beat around the bush -
18.
Two peas in a pod -
19.
Born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth -
20.
A man after my own heart -
21.
Cut of your jib -
22.
Frog in the throat -
23.
Fools rush in -
24.
Fly off the handle -
25.
Fly by the seat of your pants -
26.
Beating (or flogging) a dead horse -
27.
Gee Whiz -
28.
Wide Berth -
29.
Go down like a lead balloon -
30.
Goody two shoes -
31.
Green-eyed monster -
32.
Saved by the bell -
33.
Dead ringer -
34.
In Spades -
35.
In stitches -
36.
Keeping up with the Joneses -
37.
Gadzooks -
38.
Mad as a hatter
5 Comments