Cock-Sure
Meaning
When we are dead sure of something we use this phrase.
Origin
Robert Whittinton used it in 1520 in his grammatical tract Vulgaria:
“I haue knowen a man or nowe that thought him selfe cocke sure of his intent.”
Meaning
When we are dead sure of something we use this phrase.
Origin
Robert Whittinton used it in 1520 in his grammatical tract Vulgaria:
“I haue knowen a man or nowe that thought him selfe cocke sure of his intent.”