Sayings

Where does the word ‘honeymoon’ come from? © Getty Images

Where does the word ‘honeymoon’ come from?

Why do we say

Why do we say “send someone to Coventry”?

Why do we say ‘lock, stock and barrel’? © Getty Images

Why do we say ‘lock, stock and barrel’?

When were the terms ‘World War I’ and ‘World War II’ coined? © Getty Images

When were the terms ‘World War I’ and ‘World War II’ coined?

Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’? © Wikimedia Commons

Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’?

Why we say: ‘Peeping Tom’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘Peeping Tom’

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Why we say: ‘horse of a different colour’

Why we say: ‘put a sock in it’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘put a sock in it’

Why we say: ‘it’s all gone pear-shaped’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘it’s all gone pear-shaped’

Who was the Grand Old Duke of York? © Getty Images

Who was the Grand Old Duke of York?

Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’

Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’

Why we say: ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’

Why we say: ‘crocodile tears’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘crocodile tears’

Why we say: ‘throw down the gauntlet’

Why we say: ‘throw down the gauntlet’

Why we say: ‘with a pinch of salt’

Why we say: ‘with a pinch of salt’