2006-06-16 09:57:20 · 5 answers · asked by helga61 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I think its from housework. "All done and dusted" is what the parlour maid would say to the housekeeper when asked if she had finished the front room. It has stuck because of the alliteration.
2006-06-16 10:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a question i was wondering. My brother in the uk was told by his boss that he was not allowed to use it at work because its origins were offensive and that it was not p.c. to use it ! I have no idea why. Someone once put forward the idea that it may have come from the slave trade. I hope you get an answer
2006-06-17 07:17:29 · answer #2 · answered by Monkey boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know where it comes from but it means when you've done something and it's "done and dusted"!
2006-06-16 19:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by bingolil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust.... Its all done and dusted.... to bury a must.
2006-06-23 14:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tradesman has finnished his job and cleaned up
2006-06-16 17:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋