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Where did the expression hot-headed come from?
The Oxford English Dictionary doesn't have much information on this phrase- just that it's a combination of hot (adjective) + headed (adjective), and that it dates back to at least 1603. The similar phrase hothead dates back a little farther, 1584.
How do you solve problems about spans of time that include time BC and AD dates?
Spans of times can be calculated by equating BC or Before Christ with a negative sign and AD for Anno Domino with a positive sign. Therefore the time span will be the absolute value of the difference between years.
What is the origin of the phrase ' to have a catch '?
the common word catch acquired the slang meaning of hidden cost or qualification in 1885 so whats the catch probably dates from about that time also or soon afterward as it is scarcely an idiomatic turn of phrase at all but rather straightforward talk
Where did the phrase hurts like the dickens originate?
Dickens was a euphamism for the Devil. So "it hurts like the dickens" is another way of saying "it hurts like the Devil". It's a very old phrase that dates back to Shakespeare's day. Shakespeare used the line " I cannot tell what the dickens his name is" in the Merry Wives of Windsor.
Where does the phrase fix his wagon come from?
... in its meaning of 'settle his hash'. Googlebooks shows this phrase no earlier than mid-20th Century. I'd be inclined to call it modern, but haven't pinned down the origin. It is not in Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs, The Oxford Dictionary of Slang, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, or Partridege's Dictionary of Catch Phrases. I am advised by a colleague that it is not in the OED. A somewhat similar phrase, American, with the same meaning, dates back to before 1860. 'Fix his flints.' See 'London Society' ed. James Hogg, Florence Marryat, 1872, page 492 and 'Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington,' Derby and Jackson, 1860, p 252. Both are available in Googlebooks. (n.b. To 'fix flints' in a literal sense means to set them in place in a gun.) Usage in the phrase, 'fix his wagon to a star', seems unrelated. That phrase is Emerson, 1870, from Society and Solitude.
What are the release dates for Domino Dare - 2007?
Domino Dare - 2007 was released on: USA: 1 April 2007
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Insight - 1960 The Domino Effect was released on: USA: 1981
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Domino Falling - 2014 was released on: USA: 10 January 2014 (limited)
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Domino Gigi Darcy - 2013 was released on: USA: 30 January 2013
What are the release dates for Domino One - 2005?
Domino One - 2005 was released on: USA: March 2005 (Washington, D.C. Film Festival)
What are the release dates for ER - 1994 The Domino Heart 6-11?
ER - 1994 The Domino Heart 6-11 was released on: USA: 13 January 2000
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All on the Line - 2011 Domino 3-6 was released on: USA: 15 October 2012
What are the release dates for Domino Day - 1998 2001-12-28?
Domino Day - 1998 2001-12-28 was released on: USA: 28 December 2001
What are the release dates for Heartland - 2007 I Domino Effect 1-6?
Heartland - 2007 I Domino Effect 1-6 was released on: USA: 23 July 2007
What are the release dates for The Domino Effect Movie - 2012?
The Domino Effect Movie - 2012 was released on: USA: 23 March 2012 (New York City, New York)
What are the release dates for Domino Gigi Darcy - 2013 Query 1-4?
Domino Gigi Darcy - 2013 Query 1-4 was released on: USA: 8 February 2013
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Domino Gigi Darcy - 2013 If Else 1-5 was released on: USA: 12 February 2013
