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Thread #114361   Message #2439642
Posted By: Emma B
13-Sep-08 - 09:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
Subject: RE: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
'The old joke goes something like this: A guys walks out of the theater after seeing Hamlet for the first time.
"I don't know why everybody thinks Hamlet is such a well-written play," he says. "It is full of clichés." '

Well, here is a whole list of clichés, along with where they originated'

A collection of 150 everyday expressions