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The Phrase Finder

I recently stumbled upon this gem of a web site:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/index.html
You might be “taken aback” to learn that some common phrases have nautical origins.  If you’re “exceedingly well read,” you may have guessed that many more were coined by Shakespeare.  But if you knew many common phrases have Biblical origins as well, then you’re a “man […]