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Fixing (fittin, fixen) verb
Primarily used in the South, a regional dialect. Fixing popularly means getting ready to. An example would be, " I'm fixing to go to the store." It doesn't indicate any time or urgency in keeping with the more leisurely pace of the traditional South. This word's etymology is truly American or as it is called, "an Americanism." Webster - paraphrasing defines it as to prepare or to set/place in the manner most desired. Farmer, John "Americanisms - Old and New, "called fix the hardest worked word in the 'American language.'" Farmer also notes that fixed could mean ready. OED - defines fixing as making preparations for in def. 14a and 14b.
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To act adeptly and with good judgment; to make the best and most effective use of the resources at one's disposal. To work or negotiate correctly and skillfully in order to receive an desired effect. Origin: Not positive but I would think it comes from the actual game of card playing and winning if you play the cards you've been given correctly. |
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Piss Poor / Doesn't Have A Pot To Piss In Nor A Window To Throw It Out Of...
A very poor person! Origin: They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. Once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive, you were 'piss poor.' But worse than that were the really poor folks, who couldn't even afford to buy a pot. In medieval London, people did not have indoor plumbing. It was common to use a chamber pot as an indoor toilet. The chamber pot could then be dumped out a window into the street gutter below. A person who did not have a pot to piss in was poor indeed. |
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The phrase ‘Green with Envy’ means to be very jealous, or envious of what someone has. Origin: Before Shakespeare’s days, a pale (green) complexion was associated with fear, illness, and poor humor. The origin of the idiom 'green with envy' is believed to come directly from the great William Shakespeare himself. |
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Green Eyed-Monster...........
Jealousy personified. Origin: The phrase comes from the Shakespeare play Othello. In Othello, Iago warns Othello: “Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” |
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How Do You Like Them Apples..........
A phrase used to draw attention to one's cleverness or superiority to the one being addressed, especially after a recent triumph. Origin: I cannot find an authoritative source, but various sites on the web have it that the original "apple" was a mortar-fired bomb used during WW I. |
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