RE: Phrase etymology website

["Lisa Wright" <liwright -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

I recently found http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/index.html, which has proved
useful in several circumstances.

Another thing I discovered when looking up the origins of phrases is
that many times they're put down to "idiom." This isn't totally helpful,
of course, and I'm always looking for that "first used" line that is so
helpful with word origins. But, you take what you can get, I guess.

Hope this helps,

Lisa 

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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-53104 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of Justin
Ressler
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:32 PM
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Subject: Phrase etymology website



Can anyone point me to a really good website that lists the origins
phrases? I have found a couple, but nothing really well put together.

It isn't too hard to find the origin of words, but phrases are bit more
difficult.



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