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by macdjug-Paxvobiscum on December 5th, 2007
The phrase first appeared in Heywood's proverbs in 1546. It simply meant 'Tell me what you are thinking about.'
I don't know of any sites but my favorite book of the origins of sayings is, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
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