Origins of Sayings Quiz
Without using the almighty Google, do you know the original meaning behind them?
Feel free to add your own
piss poor
don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
it's raining cats and dogs
dirt poor
thresh hold
bring home the bacon
chew the fat
upper crust
holding a wake
graveyard shift
saved by the bell
dead ringer
Piss poor - when someone missed the toilet and pissed on the floor?
nopeOriginally Posted by Goofy
Piss poor - when someone missed the toilet and pissed on the floor?
dirt poor has been shortened from 'dirt floor poor'....it originated back when people were so poor that all they afford was a dwelling with a dirt floor
Step up here son and claim your prize.
Is it money?
I'm sure I've heard the origins of some of those other saying before, but the only one I knew 100% was the 'dirt (floor) poor' one
Yes, we've placed it in a handy carrying case belowIs it money?
"giving someone the whole nine yards"
is a cool one...
If you have to hide it, I don't want itYes, we've placed it in a handy carrying case below
I know that one too
Wasn't on the list tho
Cool thread...
tanks Muddy...let's add some more as we come across them
and Lank? You can explain off-list items too
Thresh hold was a board on the floor in the doorway to hold the straw on the floor in?
Yes indeed sir we have another winner!
Apparently people with stone floors would use straw to cover snow and wetness within the dwelling and keep adding to it.This was called 'thresh'.
When the door was opened, the straw would go outside so a wooden block was used at the door to keep the straw in.
I just got an email recently with all of those in it. What is most interesting to me is that the sayings originated from the settlers who came here from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland. And that we still use them!
Same thing with the nursery rhymes we learned when growing up.
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