Wierd sayings
We were just discussing some of the stranger sayings we have (in UK which perhaps have travelled to the USA), such as;
'I know that place like the back of my hand' - when very few of us know the backs of our hands that well, and where would such a saying have come from anyway??
Equally 'that would be like teaching your granny to suck eggs' - did granny suck eggs? Is it some obsure reference to her absence of teeth thereby rendering egg consumption a sucking affair???
All very confusing.
Any suggestions as to their derivation? Any more that confuse?
A sure sign it's Friday and winding down time....
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