Does anyone know the origin of this phrase? I know it is used many times to reference american soldiers in europe in WWII
2006-12-12 15:12:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The phrase was popularized by Tommy Trinder (1909-1989), a well-known and well-liked English comedian. His version of the line which, although he gave it wide circulation, was probably coined by someone else, was "overpaid, overfed, oversexed and over here".
2006-12-12 15:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by Tony 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Lord Chesterfield said, " The only thing bad about American's was that they were overpaid, oversexed and over here."
2006-12-12 23:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The soldiers themselves said, "underpaid, undersexed and under Eisenhower".
2006-12-13 00:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The GI's used to say in response the Brit's were "Under paid, under sexed and under Ike."
2006-12-13 11:14:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋