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Origin of the greeting Sweet dreams - English Language Usage Stack . . . 1908 Sears Roebuck Catal 198 1 Tenor Solos Good Bye, Sweet Dreams, Good Bye But it goes back until at least the 19th and possibly 18th centuries John Wolcot, writing under the pseudonym of Peter Pindar, used it in his poem "Orson and Ellen; A Legendary Tale" published in 1801: Also from 1801 in The infernal Quixote (Page 287) by Charles Lucas:
Origin of skin in the game - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Is the some reference to the Bible, Job 2:3-5:? King James Version, "3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause
Origin of the idiom If ifs and buts were candy and nuts? From The Phrase Finder: "If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?" seems to be attributed to Don Meredith (the American football player commentator)
Common phrases for something that appears good but is actually bad 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
expressions - When was the phrase sunlit uplands first used . . . If the mountain was of wearisome height, the outlook was fair; if haste and noise and heat marked a part of the highway, noble trees, and sweet springs, and the shadow of cleft rocks were ahead; if storms raged in the valley, there were still glimpses of sunlit uplands; when night fell, the stars kindled above; if the path grew rough and flinty
How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina? From "Parliament: From the Gallery: A Sitting Short but Not Sweet" in the Sydney [New South Wales] Morning Herald (January 12, 1927): Depressed by the lassitude of a pitifully short vacation and the damp heat of this scantily ventilated room, members just spread themselves out and breathed heavily