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Idioms
by Thomas L. Hay
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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     Sensible Nonsense

Idioms

 

WHAT THE SAM HILL? We all know what it means, but where did the saying originate?

Idioms, to make a long story short, are actually nonsense, yet hit the nail on the head in a New York minute. We know what these phrases mean; we all use them. But where do these funny and nonsensical statements come from? Since when can you know the ropes, knock on wood, wag the dog, or go the whole nine yards?

In An Abduction Revelation, I used many idioms. I added an appendix at the end of the book to explain their meanings and how they originated. I get down to the nitty gritty and make them as clear as a bell. Now you may think I am two sheets to the wind, got up on the wrong side of the bed, pulling your leg, or joshing you, when I am actually on cloud nine and in seventh heaven. Put a bug in your ear and grasp a straw, before I kick the bucket, or bite the dust, cause I would then be deader than a door nail. It might behove you to give it a shot and smell the roses, before the fat lady sings, cause I can’t spill the beans in a blog. Yes siree Bob!

An Abduction Revelation is available at: http://amzn.to/1bWV44N or for the latest edition on all eboook formats: http://bit.ly/17yuf3G

 

 

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