Years ago, there was a house on a back road miles out from dairy to scalp mountain or somewhere.
Kate Logue lived there and the phrase came from that! Or so I'm told.
The phrase is: DOLCE FAR NIENTE
A place far away
It's not an idiom exactly. Romans used to throw Christians into an arena with lions as a form of execution. The phrase has come to mean any situation where someone is put into a situation where there's no way for them to succeed, or into a situation that's far over their head.
As far as I know, it comes from either "Alice in Wonderland" or "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carrol
According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the phrase "knocked up," meaning pregnant, first appeared in print in 1830! An 1860 slang dictionary defined the term this way: "Knocked up. ... In the United States, amongst females, the phrase is equivalent to being enceinte."The Oxford English Dictionary traces the expression back as far as 1813 and says it's of American origin. An OED citation from 1836 refers to slave women who are "knocked down by the auctioneer, and knocked up by the purchaser."
Theodore Roosevelt used the phrase regarding the diplomatic use of force. It was "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far".
Kate Upton by far
As far as i know, no. No she is not.
she is 28 so far
Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a baby boy on July 22, 2013.
Kate, The Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a baby boy on July 22, 2013.
The phrase is: DOLCE FAR NIENTE
A la Medida.
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tooi desu ka = is it far?
If you mean how far is he as in how far has he come, then he has come pretty far.
they have had three houses so far.