what are some sayings and where did they come from?
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Is this seriously a question? you just wasted two points, buddy.
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I don't know if there's much etymology of the phrase, but here's an article about it which puts forth some interesting possibilities of the origin.\n\nQuote from the site:\n\n"Some linguists and historians think the expression must have been well known during the war years, citing a story about General Eisenhower's dog. The story goes that the dog (Felix) urinated on a map and the officers joked that the enemy was "pissed off." (Leonard Mosely, Marshall, 1982)."
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try this :\nhttp://www.englishdaily626.com/idioms.php
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Eric Partridge’s A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, as revised by Paul Beale\nAlso links I found on Google:\nhttp://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/\nhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/meanings.htm\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/\nhttp://members.tripod.com/~mhttp://www.brownielocks.com/wordorigins.html\nccurtain_2/genietips/tip2.html
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Idioms, Quotes and Sayings.\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/quotes/quotes.htm\n\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/idioms/idioms.html\n\nhttp://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html\n\nhttp://www.idiomsite.com/#l\n\nhttp://www.wisdomquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/\n\nhttp://www.idiomconnection.com/\n\nhttp://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html\n\nCat Sayings & Proverbs Part I \n\nhttp://www.moggies.co.uk/sayings.html\n\nGOOD SITES WITH ORIGINS.\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/\n\nhttp://eleaston.com/ety-site.html#ety\n\nhttp://www.wordorigins.org/\n\nhttp://www.bartleby.com/100/\n\nhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ \n\nhttp://www.wordwizard.com/\n\nhttp://www.quotationsbook.com/ \n\nhttp://www.litquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.giga-usa.com/\n\nhttp://www.boardofwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.quoteworld.org/ \n\nhttp://www.rockwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.great-quotes.com/\n\nhttp://quotations.home.worldnet.att.net/\n\nhttp://www.quotationspage.com/\n\nhttp://www.online-literature.com/quotes/quotations.php\n\nAllGreatQuotes - Famous Quotes and Quotations\n\nWelcome to Allgreatquotes.com! Probably the best free quotations site in the world. Thousands of great quotes carefully researched, collected and verified for your pleasure. Regularly updated and new content added. Visit often and bookmark us.\n\nhttp://www.allgreatquotes.com/index.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Idioms, Quotes and Sayings.\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/quotes/quotes.htm\n\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/idioms/idioms.html\n\nhttp://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html\n\nhttp://www.idiomsite.com/#l\n\nhttp://www.wisdomquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/\n\nhttp://www.idiomconnection.com/\n\nhttp://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html\n\nCat Sayings & Proverbs Part I \n\nhttp://www.moggies.co.uk/sayings.html\n\nIdioms, Quotes and Sayings.\n\nGOOD SITES WITH ORIGINS.\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/\n\nhttp://eleaston.com/ety-site.html#ety\n\nhttp://www.wordorigins.org/\n\nhttp://www.bartleby.com/100/\n\nhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ \n\nhttp://www.wordwizard.com/\n\nhttp://www.quotationsbook.com/ \n\nhttp://www.litquotes.com/\n\nhttp://www.giga-usa.com/\n\nhttp://www.boardofwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.quoteworld.org/ \n\nhttp://www.rockwisdom.com/\n\nhttp://www.great-quotes.com/\n\nhttp://quotations.home.worldnet.att.net/\n\nhttp://www.quotationspage.com/\n\nhttp://www.online-literature.com/quotes/quotations.php\n\nAllGreatQuotes - Famous Quotes and Quotations\n\nWelcome to Allgreatquotes.com! Probably the best free quotations site in the world. Thousands of great quotes carefully researched, collected and verified for your pleasure. Regularly updated and new content added. Visit often and bookmark us.\n\nhttp://www.allgreatquotes.com/index.shtml\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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My favorite (and the longest one I know) comes from the Middle Ages, and is in Latin.  Saint Martin was travelling through France to Rome.  While on the road, he encountered the Devil, who began to tease him relentlessly.  After a few miles of this treatment, Saint Martin was so incensed that he beat Satan with his walking stick -- upon which Satan turned into a donkey.\n\nThis is why it's accurate to describe the devil as a French A**.  Just kidding.\n\nIn any case, upon his transformation, the Devil cried:\n\nSigna te signa; temere me tangis et angis;\nRoma tibi subito motibus ibit Amor.\n\nThis is a palindrome, and means "Make the sign of the cross and do it again; you vex and bother me without reason.  Soon you will reach Rome, the object of your wishes."  Seeing a ripe opportunity, Saint Martin jumped on the donkey's back and rode him to the Eternal City (and the donkey became Pope!  Just kidding).\n\nTo this you might reply: "Devil never even lived."  As for the author, he was distracted.  "God, a red nugget!  A fat egg under a dog!"  -- this is what I heard he said last.
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Here's a web-site of "cool sayings":\n\nhttp://www.cool-saying.com/
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How about something from Latin, such as "carpe diem" which means "seize the day" or "tempus fugit" which means "time flies" or "facta non verba" which means "deeds not words" or "cogito ergo sum" which means "I think, therefore I am"?\n\nThese links may help.
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1st one: That is one of the most unintelligent quotes I have ever heard. Who ever would do that is purely ill.\n\n2nd one: I could live with that we will fight but do not expect me to go down easy.
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I think it comes from medevil times when they believed that if you actually went and got some of the hair of the dog that had bitten you it would heal faster or something. I know it is something along those lines. Actually here this is from wikipedia:\n\n"The origin of the phrase is unclear, but instances of the phrase have appeared in English literature since the time of Shakespeare. E. Cobham Brewer writes in the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898): "In Scotland it is a popular belief that a few hairs of the dog that bit you applied to the wound will prevent evil consequences."
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Sorry , I cannot find where those lines come from. I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for you to no avail.\nIt might be from the book "I know why the caged bird sings", I am not sure.
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Check this out:\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/7/messages/381.html
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By far the most shocking one that I'd discovered was "feisty," which literally means "like a farting dog."  It comes from an abbreviation of the phrase "fisting hound" or "fisting dog," and "fist" was in this case a reference to breaking wind.  (Though "fist" was used in the phrase as a general pejorative, like if you tripped over the "fucking chair.")
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/59100.html
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I'm not entirely sure, but I think it originated with the Rolling Stones as they described their backstage parties for an interview of somesort. The saying has pretty much been adopted by every rock group and wannabe rocker eversince as a way of answering why they're in the music buisness.
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What are the phrases?