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History of have a good one - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Slightly cooler than urging someone to 'have a good day' US, 1984 The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (1997) says: have a nice day Also, have a good day; have a good one A cordial goodbye For example, Thanks for the order, have a nice day, or See you next week — have a good day, or The car's ready for you — have a good one
Why we say an historical but a history [duplicate] Here are the final words of the relevant article in ‘The Cambridge Guide to English Usage’: Nowadays the silent h persists only in a handful of French loanwords (heir, honest, honour, hour and their derivatives), and these need to be preceded by an
history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . . Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf Du van daag "from-day," Dan , Swed i dag "in day") Ger heute is from O H G hiutu, from P Gmc hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronomial stem ki-, represented by L cis "on this side " The same applies to tomorrow and tonight, at least according to this
Whats the origin of the colloquial peachy, simply peachy, and . . . I found a few connotations of how the slang "peachy" is used: Vocabulary com: #1: very good [non sarcastic]: If you're unhappy, it's usually best to be honest about it, rather than pretending everything's peachy
history - What is the origin of the phrase, Put two and two together . . . the other day and, shortly after saying, wondered about its origin My understanding is that it means to "connect the dots" or to figure the answer to a question, but I'm uncertain why "put two and two together" became a synonym
What is the origin of the phrase gathering wool? It is a very old saying, that dates back at least to the 16th century: Woolgathering: 1550s, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the literal meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc " (see wool + gather)
Correct use of circa - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Etymology of the phrase peachy keen ‘A keen day ’ ‘A keen time Both are first cited within fifteen years of each other Peachy keen simply emphasises the excellence, although that came rather later peachy-keen adj N Amer slang excellent, wonderful 1951 Independent Jrnl (San Rafael, Calif ) 27 Oct 5 8 The recently-installed time clock was well-received