Friday’s Phrase – An Introduction
Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2019 · 8 Comments
The phrase will need to meet one standard. It needs to be a readily recognized phrase for most people for whom English is their native tongue. I will endeavor to provide for each phrase, a definition, a history of its first use on print, the origins of the phrase (hopefully, removing fiction from the facts), and finally my own thoughts.
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