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Eating Humble Pie

by Cat Johnson Where does the phrase humble pie come from you ask? It’s kind of gross, but an interesting story, so here it is according to word.com: “Around the time the adjective humble was meekly making its way into English, lords of the manor would lead hunting parties on their estates. Once the prey [...]

Phrase Origins

Interesting how we use phrases that we all understand yet don’t really know what they mean. The following are a few phrase origins so we know what we’re talking about. Jump on the Bandwagon In 19th and early 20th century America, a bandwagon was exactly what it sounds like, a wagon, usually horse-drawn, which carried [...]


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