Origin: By 1925, this was a popular expression in the US. Powder referred to the explosiveness of gunpowder - if you flee so you won't get caught for something, you are taking a powder.
It is just an idiom and has no history.
Palestinian and Persian
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Meaning he will help you out.
The origin of the idiom finger in every pie is unknown. The saying means being involved in a lot of things or knowing about a lot of things.
The origin is in firearms. Old guns used black powder instead of cartridges, and if you let your powder get wet, your gun would not fire.
RELAX
To be exposed
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Origin "up a storm"
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The idiom "to brain someone" is thought to have originated from the idea of using one's brain as a weapon to strike or hurt someone. It is a figurative expression that means to hit or strike someone on the head with great force.
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affrica (iraq
To hope for the best
It is just an idiom and has no history.
Meaning he will help you out.