
Below are some fun facts and stories about the origins of some well-known English phrases:
There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London , which used to have a gallows adjacent to it. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hanged. The horse-drawn dray, carting the prisoner, was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ''ONE LAST DRINK''. If he said YES, it was referred to as ONE FOR THE ROAD.
If he declined, that prisoner was ON THE WAGON.
So there you go.. More bleeding history.
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot and then 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 folk, who couldn't even afford to buy a pot, they "Didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Kesalahan adalah pangkal pengetahuan. Yang penting adalah memahami bila membuat kesalahan sehingga dapat diperbaiki dan belajar dari kesalahan tersebut untuk meraih pemahaman. Belajar adalah cara memperbaiki kesalahan. Sehingga jangan takut membuat kesalahan dan yang lebih penting lagi, jangan takut belajar dari kesalahan tersebut. Perbedaan antara orang yang pintar dan orang yang bodoh adalah, orang yang pintar belajar dari kesalahahnnya dan menjadikannya sumber ilmu. Sementara orang yang bodoh tidak pernah mengakui kesalahannya sehingga hidup dalam kebodohannya. - desi anwar
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