|
05-31-2013, 08:51 PM
|
#11 |
|
Senior Member
How Do You Identify?:
Neither, nada, out of the box Preferred Pronoun?:
My name always works Relationship Status:
Happy whatever happens 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Little Rock
Posts: 1,866
Thanks: 2,119
Thanked 7,392 Times in 1,459 Posts
Rep Power: 21474852   |
"For the Love of Pete" and "Honest to Pete"-probably from when using the word "God" in an expletive was considered blasphemy. "Pete" probably refers to St. Peter.
__________________
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. ~Erma Bombeck
|
|
|
| The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Gráinne For This Useful Post: |
| Tags |
| idiom, meaning, origin, word |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Threaded Mode