Where Phrases Come From:
I love the history of popular expressions. My buddy Dave has a book on his coffee table that charts where phrases like “Kick the Bucket” or “At Sixes and Sevens” come from. I read it every time I’m over there and promptly forget them all the moment I board the plane.
So I was glad to find Idiom Site which has a whole mess of expressions and their origin. The design is strictly Web 1.0 and these folks wouldn’t know an RSS feed if they fell over it. Still, I’ve beeen shuffling through it for an hour now and having a blast.