DAY 1 - The Cold Shoulder
Believe it or not, there was a time when giving someone the cold shoulder didn’t just mean publicly snubbing them, it actually meant handing them a cold shoulder, as in a cold shoulder of beef. During the Middle Ages, the easiest way to hint to guests that they’d overstayed their welcome was to serve them a heaping mound of cold cow parts. A few platters of nothing but shoulder were supposed to drive away even the most persistent of guests.
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There was a time when I was browising through Barnes and Noble and saw a whole book about the origin of phrases... like a dictionary for phrases. I regret not getting it, just for the fun of it. I love stuff like this. I'll be back tomorrow.
Alissa
I'd rather be served ice
cream :)
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