THE SCIENCE OF CLICHES
Dec. 9th, 2008 12:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogEver wonder why we say things like “once in a blue moon”. “raining cats and dogs”, and “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”?
Neatorama has the answers.
A couple of them I already knew. Here’s one I didn’t:
Mad as a Hatter: Today we know enough to keep clear of mercury, but hat makers once used it to make the brims of hats. When absorbed through the skin, it could wreak havoc on the nervous system: tremors, fatigue, not to mention behavioral dysfunction - that is, crazy behavior.
Fear of a black hat,
This is dF
Neatorama has the answers.
A couple of them I already knew. Here’s one I didn’t:
Mad as a Hatter: Today we know enough to keep clear of mercury, but hat makers once used it to make the brims of hats. When absorbed through the skin, it could wreak havoc on the nervous system: tremors, fatigue, not to mention behavioral dysfunction - that is, crazy behavior.
Fear of a black hat,
This is dF
