Where did this phrase come from?
2007-07-13 20:00:41 · 0 answers · asked by piontkofsky 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
To "get one's goat" means to greatly annoy someone. It dates to circa 1900. According to H. L. Mencken, this phrase is from American horse racing. Trainers would put a goat in a racehorse's stall to calm it; if the goat was removed, the horse would likely become agitated. However, there is no firm evidence for this origin.[1]
2007-07-13 20:05:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff S 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea!
but...... when my husband and i got married last year, a friend of my mum's was invited to the wedding and she wanted to get us a present, being a friend of my mothers she didn't actually know us too well, but did know from my mum that i am into animal rights and caring for people etc, so she bought us a goat!
A goat with a differences though, it is a Oxfam goat, a family in a 3rd world country actually gets the goat, to help them with milk, etc
so i dont really know who got our goat.....but i do know it is in Somalia somewhere!
2007-07-14 00:32:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That really makes me mad,pisses me off.
Stuff like that you know
2007-07-13 20:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Chef Smalls 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAKES ME ANGRY.
2007-07-13 20:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by 10-T3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋