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by High Flight on July 16th, 2004

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Are there any websites dedicated to the origin of common phrases or expressions?

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  • by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on July 18th, 2004

    Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

    Yes, this is an interesting one:

    http://www.businessballs.com/clichesorigins.htm or
    http://www.word-detective.com/backidx.html

    Has a listing of the more common phrases and a lot of info.

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  • by SethNess on September 28th, 2004

    SethNess

    Yes, several.

    My favorite 3 are
    1) www.etymonline.com (very comprehensive, but a little dry)
    2) word-detective.com (not nearly complete, but fun & well-written.)
    Search the left-middle for a link to "column archives".
    3) wordOrigins.org

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  • by lightfly on October 23rd, 2006

    lightfly

    Yes, I know a rather simple one too.

    http://www.phrases.org.uk/

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