Where do they come from!! thinks like "off the wagon", working like a dog" etc etc ...interesting discussion for a lunchtime!
2006-08-01 01:46:20 · 3 answers · asked by mouthwash44 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It means that somethng is so unlikely to happen that to even just get a small chance for it to happen would be an amazing thing
e.g. If I say I am going to win the lottery, someone might reply, chance would be a fine thing
2006-08-01 01:52:04 · answer #1 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off the wagon was origionally to do with a marraage ceremony where the bride was taken around the village on the back of a wagon giving out beer from a barrell (i saw it a program about it on tv). Or about a water wagon (see source link)
2006-08-01 08:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
such expressions are usually from colloquial english. sometimes its slang, sometimes its a phrase that just catches the publics imagination
good referncxes for such phrases includes "Brewers"
2006-08-01 08:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋