I need an/some idiom(s) that originated in the 1700's. It would be best if they have to do with food or have a food in their name, such as apple of my eye. Thanks. :)
2007-12-29 14:51:40 · 4 answers · asked by janeyyet 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A bit earlier than the 1700s but Shakespeares work is full of them and most are still quoted today and would have definately been used in the 1700s
wild goose chase
where your heart on your sleeve
stony hearted
pound of flesh
in a pickle
if music be the food of love play on
double double toil and trouble , fire burn and cauldron bubble ( that would have been popular in Salem LOL)
its meat and drink to me.
2007-12-29 17:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of sayings from colonial times came from Poor Richard's Almanac by Ben Franklin.
I'm not sure of their origins, but:
A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
2007-12-29 23:06:13 · answer #2 · answered by JD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about this one from the Very First Settlement in the New World? " If you don't work, you don't eat". I am not sure, but I believe that it was said by John Smith. I could be wrong about who said it, but the Statement is a well recorded Fact in our History.
2007-12-29 23:06:35 · answer #3 · answered by John R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Methinks
2007-12-30 05:28:21 · answer #4 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋