Meaning
Used for a newbie
Origin
The earliest citation is from the Portsmouth Daily Times, October 1911:
“There is not much in the matter so far as the organ is concerned except it is so new that it is wet behind the ears yet”.
Meaning
A curse on both sides of any argument given out in frustration.
Origin
It is believed to be originated from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1594:
MERCUTIO:
I am hurt.
A plague o’ both your houses! I am sped.
Is he gone, and hath nothing?
The houses are those of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, which caused Juliet so much grief and was the source of her ‘O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo’ speech.
Meaning
When someone is absent without permission we use this phrase.
Origin
It is believed to be originated in Military. Viscount Horatio Nelson, in Dispatches and Letters, 1797:
“Five or six men absent without leave, who can not be ‘Run’ on the Ship’s books, not having been absent three musters.”
Meaning
This phrase is used for Nonsense or rubbish.
Origin
A Classic of Cockney rhyming slang
Meaning
This is used when we have to say that I like talking to you
Origin
Its first reference was found in Thomas Hood’s romantic poem Bianca’s Dream in 1827:
This, with more tender logic of the kind,
He pour’d into her small and shell-like ear,
That timidly against his lips inclin’d;
Meanwhile her eyes glanced on the silver sphere
That even now began to steal behind
A dewy vapour, which was lingering near,
Wherein the dull moon crept all dim and pale,
Just like a virgin putting on the veil:-
Meaning
It refers to a stimulus. Mostly used as a slang for injection
Origin
The Wisconsin newspaper The Capital Times in 1920 used it for the first time as:
“California is a 2 to 1 favorite out there on press dope. A shot in the arm please. Dope is right. Now I hear the little birdies singing.”
Meaning
When someone tries to do something but it does not provide any result i.e. a hopeless quest for something.
Origin
Shakespeare used it in Romeo and Juliet, 1592:
Romeo: Switch and spurs, switch and spurs; or I’ll cry a match.
Mercutio: Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five.
Meaning
It refers tot he white middle class of the United States.
Origin
The New York Times, 1981 used this for first time as:
“Vincent… is white bread in a three-piece suit.”
Meaning
This is said in Cristian marriage ceremonies and it means that God is the superpower and has authority over humans.
Origin
It has originated from The Bible, Matthew 19:6:
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Meaning
This is used to taunt someone who has done something stupid.
Origin
No definite origin is known but it has become extensively popular in UK in early 1990’s.