The origin of the phrase "fire in the hole" is believed to be miners who set up a detonation charge and needed to warn other miners about it before they set it off. It could also have come from cannons, which have a hole in them filled with gunpowder that ignites when the fire reaches it.
Open Fire is the command to fire at will, as opposed to volley fire, wherein the group fires simultaneously. This from the old days of singe-shot weapons.
This is yelled just before a major explosion. BOOM! It comes from a time when cannon where shot off by lighting a wick that went into a hole filled with gunpowder.
The origin of the phrase, Saint Elmo's Fire, is related to weather. It was coined by sailors who witnessed balls of light during thunderstorms and was thought to be bad luck.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
It's not a phrase, and it's one word "armpit". Origin is from Old English earm "arm" and pytt "hole in the ground".
how dare you. you are out of line.
The origin of the phrase, Saint Elmo's Fire, is related to weather. It was coined by sailors who witnessed balls of light during thunderstorms and was thought to be bad luck.
Originally, to discharge a gun, you lit the gunpowder, and set the powder on fire- or "fired" it.
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
There is no one fire safety phrase.
Fire of Unknown Origin was created in 1981.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
"on the rocks"
This phrase is an idiom meaning that rumors or signs of trouble often indicate a real problem. It likely originated from the observation that smoke usually accompanies a fire, so where there is smoke, there is likely to be fire as well.
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
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The phrase "the last straw" originates from the idiom "the straw that broke the camel's back," which refers to a seemingly minor or routine occurrence that triggers a disproportionate reaction due to the accumulation of previous stress. Just as a camel can carry a heavy load until one final straw causes it to collapse, this phrase describes a situation where a small event leads to a significant outcome.
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