Oh, dude, the phrase "simmer down" comes from the literal act of reducing the heat when cooking something on the stove. It's like telling someone to chill out and lower their emotional temperature, you know? So, next time someone's all fired up, just tell them to simmer down and maybe offer them some soup or something.
It means calm down. To simmer is to cook slowly, so the phrase seemed to be a good one to mean anger. "Buster" is another word that means friend, pal, buddy.
Simmer Down was created in 1963.
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This phrase originates with the 'Old Bailey' in London, where the remand cells were literally under the court itself.
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
Well, honey, the phrase "down cellar in a teacup" doesn't really have an origin because it doesn't exist. Maybe you're mixing up idioms or just making things up. But hey, at least you're keeping me on my toes!
Down-and-out is from a situation where a beaten prizefighter is knocked unconcious. It originated in 1889 in American English from pugilism (boxing or fist fighting).
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The phrase of Greek origin referring to the common people is "hoi polloi."
"on the rocks"
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
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