MostTriv #112 Word Origins

Word Origins

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Where do thes words come from

Some folks “sleep like a top� when they go to bed. Do you know where this comes from?

Long before the days of high-tech toys and the Internet, a favorite child's toy was a spinning top. To set the top spinning, you wound the string round the shaft, balanced the top carefully upright, and pulled the string with all your might. At maximum spin, the top can appear to be perfectly still, or “sleeping�. Incidentally; to “sleep like a log� has nothing to do with waking up in the fireplace, rather the sound of heavy snoring being likened to that of sawing.


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who hands responsibility onto another is said to be "passing the buck". From where do we get this expression?

A. Gambling


B. Eating and Drinking


C. Hunting

D. Team Sports

Last Post Answers: A. An alley with brick walls covered with ABC (already-been-chewed) gum wads.

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