It originated from the southwestern united states. People would run in the desert and come back with dirty feet. They would say "I was pounding dirt" instead of saying I was running.
Each of them has the same weight . . . one pound.
"A pound" and "one pound" are English equivalents of the French phrase une livre. Context makes clear whether a reference to the currency or the weight suits. The pronunciation will be "yoon leev" in northerly French and "yoon lee-vruh" in southerly French.
One Latin equivalent of the English word 'dirt' is caenum, in the sense of 'filth' or 'mud'. Another is inluvies, in the sense of 'mud'. Still another is sordes, in the sense of 'filth'.Addendum:There appear to be many -sordes - filth, dirt, dirtiness, smudge, squalor, sorry casepedor - dirtpaedor - filth, dirtsubluvies - dirt, filthsquales - filth, dirt, smutsorditudo - dirt, filth, smudge, dirtinessimmunditia - uncleanness, filth, dirtimperfundies - dirtinmunditia - uncleanness, filth, dirtscabies - scabies, rash, scurf, scab, dirt, filthlutum - mud, muddiness, dirtiness, dirt, filth, gooklimus - slime, ooze, silt, slob, mud, dirtpurgamentum - dirt, purgation, filth, sweepings, refuse, rubbishinluvies - dirt, filth, mud, inundation, squalor, floodsinperfundities - dirtspurcitia - filth, dirt, smutfimus - dung, manure, filth, dirtpurgamen - purgation, dirt, filth, refuse, rubbish, sweepingsimperfundities - dirtincultus - lack of cultivation, want of attention, lack of refinement, neglect, disregard, dirtinperfundies - dirtfimum - dung, manure, filth, dirtspurcities - filth, dirt, smutilluvies - dirt, filth, mud, inundation, squalor, floods
Hound rhymes with pound.
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The phrase "older than dirt" is an English idiom used to emphasize something's age or antiquity, implying that it is very old. It likely originated as a colloquial expression without a specific, documented source.
man-made
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from joey in friends
latin
Apparently our word "pound" comes from the Latin word "pondo" which means weight.
1820-30
from girls ...to hissy...
in concord and lexington.
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Andy Maio invent this phrase in the early 70s