Meaning
When we tackle a big and serious problem with courage we use this phrase.
Origin
John Lyly used it in Euphues, 1578:
“True it is Philautus that he which toucheth ye nettle tenderly, is soonest stoung.”
Meaning
Its an expression or feeling of pleasure when we get rid of annoying things or individuals.
Origin
The first usage of this phrase was in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, 1609:
THERSITES I will see you hanged, like clotpoles, ere I come any more to your tents: I will keep where there is wit stirring and leave the faction of fools.
PATROCLUS: A good riddance.
Meaning
This phrase is used for a person who is dependable and honorable .
Origin
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing 1600 had this phrase:
DOGBERRY: Are you good men and true?
VERGES: Yea, or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation, body and soul.
Meaning
This is used for someone who helps others without thinking of the reward or appreciation
Origin
The Bible uses this phrase Luke 10:30/33 (King James Version):
A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead… But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.