This remark is most certainly not from the 1960s, nor did it come from James Joyce. The poem "Finnigan to Flannagan" was written by Strickland Gillilan, an American "humourist" and published in Life magazine in 1897. It was written in a faux-Irish dialect and the final lines were: "Off again. On again. Gone again. Finnigan" The poem was extremely popular and the phrase became a common catchphrase which, over time, morphed into the quoted line (possibly because of the rhyme between "in again" and "Finnegan"), and which Ray Bradbury used in his novel Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury's novel was written in the 1950s and I, like another commenter here, was also a child in the 1950s and recall adults reciting this phrase as a mildly disapproving comment on kids running in and out of the house in play.
I was wondering where this expression came from myself. All I know about it is when I was growing up in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1950s my father used to say "In Again,Out Again Finnegan" when we repeatedly ran in and out of the house to play .
This saying came from James joyce the writer of the book called, "From Finnegan to Flanigan". These meaning is used in the book called Fahrenheit 451 on page 94 and it means that Mrs.Phellps was trying to explain her husband situation in the war and military. Hope this helps!!!!!
"In again out again Finnegan" was coined by the Palestra Arena's Basketball announcer Les Keiter in the 1960's. While announcing a "Big Five" game in Philadelphia, a player named Finnegan missed a crucial shot and Mr. Keiter
bellowed "in again out again Finnegan" after the shot missed its mark and swirled out of the basket. That phrase remains in use to this day in Philly when a shot rolls around the rim and falls out.
The quote "in again, out again, Finnegan" is a line from the nursery rhyme "Michael Finnegan." It describes the rhythmic pattern of a man named Finnegan who continually dies and comes back to life in a humorous and nonsensical way. The phrase is often used to convey the idea of someone repeatedly experiencing the same cycle of events.
Probably; I am not sure what you mean. Perhaps you mean "I sit down".
saying the horse's legs are down may mean that the horse is lame, or that the slope of the pasterns is incorrect.
well if you mean decent then you are saying something is neither extraordinary or bland and if your saying descend then that means to move down or lower something or yourself.
The saying, i will swallow patience down means patience is running thin
It's a phrase used to refer to the enemies, such a terrorist as in saying that they have been taken down.
In the UK "Rock Me" is a phrase for saying "Impress me again". (:
Means a low down person who doesn't work
"The sun is shining down on you!" is a figure of speech, and is a way of saying that someone is lucky.
It means their saying their cool and that they like you cos their saying opposites attract
A way of saying goodbye. It means they hope to see or greet you again in a short time.
it means "put you down" if you mean slang xD like that new justin bieber song "PYD", he repeats "Put You Down" after saying "PYD".