The more specific you can be on a date or a time period, I would appreciate it.
2007-05-24 11:40:50 · 7 answers · asked by sheepfriend 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
There is probably no-one left alive who can remember when that phrase came into existence. I am sure I am older than Channa and I heard it from my father and my grandfather. Maybe William Saffire knows, but he probably does not use this site.
2007-05-27 10:39:22 · answer #1 · answered by don't plagiarize 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Likely someone came up with a rhyme for bruising and that meant "looking for" and put the two together. There are many couples like that in English, like fat cat, roly-poly, and hundreds more. Bruising was probably slang at one time for a beating. After a while these things get palely stale lol, and then new ones have to be devised.
2007-05-31 13:10:01 · answer #2 · answered by henry d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like something Mohammad Ali said to George Foreman.
2007-05-31 03:14:57 · answer #3 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time I heard it was on "Happy Days". Ron Howard's Character (Richie) used to say that to his sister. Happy Days ran in the mid 70's
2007-05-24 18:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by Miss B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in the background dialogue of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. (Breathe I think)
2007-05-25 11:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Wizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Driving around looking for someone to pick a fight with !!
2007-05-31 05:44:36 · answer #6 · answered by jmsimoneaux 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm..... my mother. She should also be credited with "Just you wait until your father gets home".
2007-05-24 19:10:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋