As far as I know, it comes from either "Alice in Wonderland" or "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carrol
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
I first "coined" this term in 1964. Don't know if that was the origin, but I had learned that a nit was the egg of a louse. I said to an airman I was stationed with "Your balls are smaller than a nit on a Nat's nut". Many heard it. Ralph
It's not a phrase, and it's one word "armpit". Origin is from Old English earm "arm" and pytt "hole in the ground".
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The phrase I am the walrus refers to the 1967 song by The Beatles. John Lennon wrote the song, and based the walrus off of Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter".
The origin of the phrase 'a sight for sore eyes' is from Jonathon Swift. It was said in 'A complete collection of genteel and ingenious conversation' in 1738.
The word "walrus" comes from Dutch and Scandinavian languages. In Dutch, it is "walrus" and in Scandinavian languages, it is "hvalros" (Norwegian and Danish) or "hvalross" (Swedish).
The origin of the phrase massanutten is said to be unclear, but in an old Indian language it has the meaning "peaked mountain". Massanutten is a popular phrase, with a long history.
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There is no such phrase as "eat you".
aviators of the 1930s said this to describe flying without instruments or other navigation aids
That line is from a poem by Lewis Carroll, called "The Walrus And The Carpenter". The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, And why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings. And so forth.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The phrase of Greek origin referring to the common people is "hoi polloi."
The phrase "that's what she said" is a type of innuendo joke that typically involves a suggestive or sexual interpretation of a statement. Its origin is uncertain, but it gained popularity through the TV show "The Office," where the character Michael Scott frequently used it.
Probably drinking. The US used to use " waxed " as another term for drunk.