@history.unfolded_: Old Phrases We Still Use Today And Where They Originated From #History #historytok #historyfacts

Chelleunique :

i really love finding where phrases come and it is usually not how you think and not always pretty

Jodes ❌ 🇳🇿 :

gotta love history. Had no idea why we yelled out shotgun.

~☆×Lizz ×☆~ :

one for the road is completely wrong...prisoners weren't allowed to go to the pub for a drink. it is literally what is. one last drink before going on the road home

Mandi 🌺 :

I always wondered why we call shotgun for the front seat.

doobers :

They were allowed mutiple stops , often drunk by the time they arrived at the gallows . Hanging often failed and they were allowed to go free.. after a night in the cells sobering up . Hence a hangover

username26494020m :

one for the road was used before drink driving became illegal.. it literally meant alcoholic drink to go

frogmelawitchspells :

MAD AS A HATTER.......WAS TERMED IN THE U.K , LEWIS CARROLL <--- THE MAD HATTER IN ALICE , DUE TO THE TANNERY INDUSTRY IN MERSEYSIDE ......ASK DISNEY

claireyoung2022 :

the saying the cats got your tongue comes from being whipped by a cat of 9 tails. and going into shock and not being able to speak!

Steve Balding :

I love these explanations 👍😁

Alison Morley156 :

Mmmm Interesting x

Pvt—acct :

Love to hear these old stories

paula :

Yeah in the uk we say ‘one for the road’ then ‘one for the pavement’ and ‘one for the door’ 🤣😂👍

lisap1184 :

Thank you! 🌷

user8856184547263 :

😂😂😂

Kerry :

@robyn 🩻

Unseen History :

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Chloe :

@venetiamarieeex @jasmineee🤍

Franco :

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Franco :

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Wyn :

@Edward John

Channy :

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Beef :

Tuvshin_bayr 🥇 :

wanna testify

Little_Lemon_Lady :

No that’s all wrong

Paul Whittle :

Mad as a hatter originated from Alice in Wonderland surely (the mad hatter)?

🥀BrodieLea❤️ :

Day light robbery ~ 1696(i think) people was taxed per window so they would bald them up

hc60job :

Is that Usyk

~☀️🌻🍉 bread 🍉🌻☀️~ :

did I spot Henry the eighth

Ted :

Stockport is famous for hat making, think that's why we're all mad here😁

"BOOTS"! :

in Australia we call it a roadie

Andrew. :

Not using one for the road anymore😅

dewhurstt23 :

@jodiel0uise @Matthew Stott43

debbydoodah :

Love this👏 so interested in where all these old sayings originate from!

Caysey.m :

@Ashleigh @Shan @Chelsea Moss stop it the 2nd one!!!!

30carlyh :

@Shannon McKay @Charlene Bryceland

Megan :

@amyjane20202

M9Sig226 :

Miners used a mining cart as a lavatory. They would put a section of chain under a wheel to keep it from rolling. As a joke when someone was sitting on the pot in the cart a guy would remove the chain so the cart would go rolling down the tracks while the other guys pants are around his ankles 😂 Hence the term, "Don't yank my chain!"

Upasana Nunkumar :

@Yaj

dryrainbysakina :

one for the road..never knew this..🥰

tasha nevin x :

@☘️ NEV ☘️

AwsomeBubba1 :

sitting shotgun originated with Wells Fargo

Scotte82 :

@Jayne482

Maxi :

Furthermore to the info on prisoners last drink one for the road to keep them calm during transport, however the driver had to stay sober hence he was “on the wagon” .

MO :

That was interesting I enjoyed finding out how we got these sayings 😁

Boban Inamorato :

Most of these “origins” people repeat are just folk etymology dressed up as facts. “Raining cats and dogs” has nothing to do with animals falling off roofs; it’s a 17th-century metaphor for violent weather and urban chaos. “Testify” comes from Latin testis meaning witness, not Romans grabbing each other’s testicles—that’s modern shock-bait nonsense confusing it with testiculus. “Honeymoon” was never a medieval honey-drinking ritual; it meant a “honey month” whose sweetness was expected to fade, and early writers used it ironically. “POSH” is not “Port Out, Starboard Home”; it’s late British slang with an uncertain origin, probably tied to money, not luggage tags. And “mad as a hatter” existed before Lewis Carroll and can’t be proven to come from mercury poisoning—hatters did suffer mercury exposure, but the phrase was a stereotype first, later given a fake scientific backstory. These explanations survive not because they’re true, but because people prefer neat, memorable stories over messy historical reality.

brendan :

@Tahnee_bin

Tmaze Simms :

@mollyburnettxo sure you’ll enjoy this as much as me

Kim Simms :

@Amelia

Baldman :

Funny how mercury is in vaccines

Nguyễn Thien Dương :

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Morgan Mcgeouch :

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elgato1960 :

I love this expressions thank you so much for sharing it

Kjell S :

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Jill Barratt :

I find these fascinating.

Stew-pidbish 89 :

@littlesue

dan Valley :

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cagen10 :

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Laura Sayer :

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