Whoever said that History was boring? ... Always wondered where these phrases and sayings came from? ... NEXT time you are washing your hands and complain because the water

ENGLISH SAYINGS & CUSTOMS that we have grown up with and taken for granted were explained during a tour of the Anne Hathaway house in Victoria, British Columbia.

Have you ever wondered where some of the expressions and sayings used in everyday language come from?

Ever notice how trite sayings come in pairs, and often contradict each other? This goes to show that nothing is ever absolute even in popular wisdom...

Who Came Up With That One? ... He might not be the first to come up with this, but he was the first to do it in public and often.

I hope you enjoyed these origins of common sayings. I am amazed at reading about their history. Some of these sayings just never die and what’s even funnier is we don’t even know what they mean.

When Disraeli acquired Cyprus from Turkey in 1878, the islands Greek Christian majority believed that the But the presence of a Turkish Muslim minority, ... Three quarters of a century later,

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It goes to show that often it is impossible to be certain where old sayings come from.

Come Hell Or High Water: ... The show has come to an end. It's all over. ... Til the cows come home: