This will be a short one.
I enjoy sayings and play on words...so i have made it a small task of mine to try to find out the meanings behind them.
My first one is a cheat. I have know this for a while but i was reminded today!
"A rule of thumb"
This is a victorian saying. It is a measurement for what thickness of cain you are allowed to hit your wife with! so if it is a thumb in diameter or less you are ok to hit her, any more than that and you are not allowed.
This is a fairly dark subject but not as dark as the one my wife suggested "the black dog". Here is a little competition: who coined the phase "the black dog" and what does it reference?
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