why not say "cute as a three legged puppy" or "cute as an orphaned monkey"
2007-10-12 04:51:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I am going to start saying "cute as an orphaned monkey"
This could be the best question I have ever seen on here.
2007-10-12 04:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cute Button
2016-10-14 10:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CUTE AS A BUTTON - "cute, charming, attractive, almost always with the connotation of being small, 1868 (from the original 1731 English meaning of 'acute' or clever). Cute as a bug's ear, 1930; cute as a bug in a rug, 1942; cute as a button, 1946. Cute and keen were two of the most overused slang words of the late 1920s and 1930s." From "Listening to America" by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1992.)
2016-04-08 05:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Victorian times, when people had few belongings, the buttons on their clothes were a status symbol and a sign of wealth. Hence a button indicated wealth n prosperity.........then people made all efforts to have a CUTE BUTTON..
2007-10-12 05:03:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is as cute as a button nose. See Disney s Cinderella.
2016-02-19 03:34:38 · answer #5 · answered by Teatime 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the day when people had a lot less in the way of posessions, the buttons on thier garments were something they sort of splurged on to spruce up thier otherwise dull clothes. At least that's one explanation I've heard.
2007-10-12 04:55:29 · answer #6 · answered by firstythirsty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think theyre talking about those cute buttons that like old ladies wear not the kind that button a shirt
2007-10-12 05:09:05 · answer #7 · answered by savage_14u2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's some speculation on the phrase:
http://stevish.com/archives/29
2007-10-12 04:54:51 · answer #8 · answered by Ice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because like so many old cliches it rolls of the tongue so naturally , like cuter than a speckled pup in a little red wagon , LOL
2007-10-12 05:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by pax5155 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is a arm chair quarterback the same as a back seat driver?
2007-10-12 04:54:15 · answer #10 · answered by slickric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋