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supposedly came from the practice of writing what you owed at a pub on a chalkboard; later game scores (e.g., for darts) were also chalked up on a board.
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What does the idiom chalk it up mean?
The image is of someone keeping score on a blackboard. If you "chalk it up" to something, you acknowledge that whatever it was caused the result.You often hear this phrase as "Chalk it up to experience," which means that whatever happened was not the result you wanted, but you have learned something from it.
How much meters does a chalk board measure?
They come in differing sizes.
What does chalk it up mean?
Write off a bad thing as a learning experience.
Where did the phrase over 9000 come from originally?
Dragon ball z
Would white chalk or or colored chalk be an independent or dependent variable?
Any, the answer depends on what the experiment is about.
Where does colored chalk come from?
up your bum
Who coined the phrase chalk face?
whoever has the chalk face :)
What does the idiom chalk it up mean?
The image is of someone keeping score on a blackboard. If you "chalk it up" to something, you acknowledge that whatever it was caused the result.You often hear this phrase as "Chalk it up to experience," which means that whatever happened was not the result you wanted, but you have learned something from it.
How come ants cross chalk on blackboards?
hurry up and answer
Where was chalk discovered?
Where did the term chalk come from? from turkey
Which would come first chalk or chalkboard in alphabetical order?
chalk would come first
What is the rock that makes up white cliffs of dover?
chalk
How do you use chalk it up in a sentence?
did you chalk it up for her
What is the French phrase 'la craie' in English?
"Chalk" or "the chalk" are English equivalents of the French phrase "la craie."Specifically, the feminine singular definite article "la" means "the." The feminine noun "craie" means "chalk." The pronunciation is "lah kreh."
Who was the first person to come up with the phrase for the people for the people by the people?
who was the first person to come up with the phrase "for the people,for th people,by the people"?
Does cue chalk come out of clothes?
Cue chalk will wash out with water, however, the dye in the chalk may have to be treated as a stain (depends upon the chalk).
What is the meaning of 'chalk it up to'?
chalk it up to means to raise or to really play your positives
