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OLD SAYING
Lessson
cHaP
This word is derived from the old word Chapman that meant merchant or trader. It in turn was derived from ceapman. The old word ceap meant to sell.
coaLS To neWcaSTLe Before railways were
invented goods were often transported by water. Coal was trans- ported by ship from Newcastle to London by sea. It was called sea coal. Taking coals to Newcastle was obviously a pointless exercise.
cLoud cucKoo Land This phrase comes from a play called The Birds by the Greek dramatist Aristophanes (c.448-385 BC). In the play the birds decide to build a utopian city called Cloud cuckoo land.
dIFFerenT KeTTLe oF FISH In the past a kettle was not necessarily a device to boil water to make a cup of tea. A pot for boil- ing food (like fish) was also called a kettle. Unfortunately nobody really knows why we say 'a different kettle of fish'.
HaT TrIcK
This comes from cricket. Once a bowler who took three wickets in succes- sive deliveries was given a new hat by his club.
LocK, STocK and barreL This phrase comes because guns used to have 3 parts, the lock (the firing mechanism), the stock (the wooden butt of the gun) and the barrel.
Long In THe TooTH
When a horse grows old its gums recede and if you examine its mouth it looks 'long in the tooth'.
namby-Pamby
This was originally a nickname for the poet Ambrose Philips (1674- 1749) who was known for writing sentimental verse.
no reST For THe WIcKed This phrase comes from the Bible. In Isaiah 57:21 the prophet says: 'there is no peace saith my God to the wicked'.
SaLT oF THe earTH
Is another Biblical phrase. It comes from Matthew 5:13 when Jesus told his followers 'You are the salt of the Earth'.
SenT To coVenTry
The most likely explana- tion for this old saying is that during the English Civil War Royalists cap- tured in the Midlands were sent to Coventry. They were held prisoner in St Johns Church and the local people shunned them and refused to speak to them.
SHIbboLeTH
This is a word used by members of a particular group. It identifies people as members of the group. It comes from the Old Testament Judges 12: 5-7. Two groups of Hebrews, the Gileadites and the Ephraimites fought each other. The Gileadites captured the fords over the River Jordan leading to
Ephraim. If a man want- ed to cross a ford they made him say 'Shibboleth' (a Hebrew word meaning ear of grain). The Ephraimites could not pronounce the word properly and said 'Sibboleth'. If anyone mispronounced the word the Gileadites knew he was an enemy and killed him.
SPIcK and SPan
Today this means neat and tidy but originally the saying was spick and span new. A span was a wood shaving. If some- thing was newly built it would have tell-tale wood chips so it was 'span new'. Spick is an old word for a nail. New spicks or nails would be shiny. However words and phrases often change their meanings over centuries and spick and span came to mean neat and tidy.
TaWdry
This is a corruption of St Audrey because cheap jewelry was sold at St Audrey's fair in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
TRUE BLUE
This phrase was original- ly true as Coventry blue as the dyers in Coventry used a blue dye that lasted and did not wash out easily. However the phrase became short- ened.
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