It came from Ham's jesting and uncovering of his father, Noah in Genesis 9
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2
The quotation is actually "all that glisters is not gold" and it comes from The Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare did not use the phrase "a boiling idiot". You are probably thinking of "a blinking idiot", which comes from The Merchant of Venice.
The only similarity I could come up with is that their both tall?
Merry Wives of Windsor. It's the same play that gave us "the world's my oyster".
In computer organisation ...what is hamming code.?
who was the first person to come up with the phrase "for the people,for th people,by the people"?
The phrase was "Arriba, arriba, ándele" (Spoken by Speedy Gonzales) and means "up, up, come on" or perhaps, "up, up, away".
The phrase 'up your alley' means that it is something that you like or might be good at. For instance, a good athlete may find football up his alley.
I usually think "tights come down and might come up".
I am from cental Wisconsin. I am not certain what the origin of the phrase is but it was commonly used by my father and grandfather
Ten Apples Up On Top!"
The phrase early bird comes from the phrase the early bird gets the worm. That phrase comes from the English proverbs of 1670 meaning that the one to show up first has the best chance of success.
Yes, "come with me" is a phrase. It is a request or invitation for someone to accompany you to a specific place or activity.
Picking flowers, do you love them or not, it NOT a phrase!
The phrase comes from FRENCH.
This phrase pre dates 1950