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Post by pickinduck on Aug 1, 2009 6:47:44 GMT -6
The phrase common sense should stop being used. Sense is not common at all.
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Post by Tomspy77 on Aug 1, 2009 8:33:10 GMT -6
Now that is a very true statement...
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on Aug 1, 2009 10:01:08 GMT -6
lol Very true indeed.
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Post by Tomspy77 on Aug 1, 2009 22:17:35 GMT -6
I know Google is my friend, but here is a question I'll see if you guys know before doing a search, what does the phrase 'dead as a door nail' mean, and here did it originate from?
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on Aug 2, 2009 9:53:50 GMT -6
I've always believed it meant that someone or something is definitely dead. There is no sign of life in them / it, just like the proverbial door nail. There probably were door nails made a long time ago, specifically used to construct doors, though such objects may also be made up from someone's imagination.
Don't know the origin of this phrase, but it's most likely American or British.
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 2, 2009 10:04:37 GMT -6
I know Google is my friend, but here is a question I'll see if you guys know before doing a search, what does the phrase 'dead as a door nail' mean, and here did it originate from? I actually know this one ;D Back when people actually did things like make their own houses and the doors that went on them. The definition of the word dead that they are using here means not to move. There are lots of stresses on doors so to keep the door from coming apart the nails that were hammered through them were hammer bent back around and hammered in thus making them fast. |
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on Aug 2, 2009 10:13:33 GMT -6
You might just have it there, Don.  |
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Post by pickinduck on Aug 2, 2009 10:16:32 GMT -6
TORY
Is a word that we need to start using a whole lot more. It was used a lot during the revolutionary times in this country. It meant back then what it still does loyalist outlaw.
Disney has a very good movie that uses this word a lot I think that its title is Swamp Fox.
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Post by sherlew (Ret) on Aug 2, 2009 10:28:14 GMT -6
When using this word, think I would definitely add the historical reference, or someone will probably think that I meant to type story, and forgot the "s." |
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Post by Tomspy77 on Aug 2, 2009 10:34:41 GMT -6
I know Google is my friend, but here is a question I'll see if you guys know before doing a search, what does the phrase 'dead as a door nail' mean, and here did it originate from? I actually know this one ;D Back when people actually did things like make their own houses and the doors that went on them. The definition of the word dead that they are using here means not to move. There are lots of stresses on doors so to keep the door from coming apart the nails that were hammered through them were hammer bent back around and hammered in thus making them fast. Makes sense... |
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