davieG Posted 3 March 2013 Posted 3 March 2013 Inspired by LcFc_Smiv's blog.- Grassy Knoll - JFK's assassination. (http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/gk_name.htm)
pSinatra Posted 3 March 2013 Posted 3 March 2013 Spion Kop The Battle of Spion Kop fought in 1900 as part of the Boer War. A two day battle lost by the British Army, resulting in over 300 deaths. A famous standing terrace at Filbert Street & a less well known terrace at Anfield. Translated, spion kop means 'spy hill'.
Zingari Posted 3 March 2013 Posted 3 March 2013 Yes Spion Kop , good one I've been trying to think of others and not come up with any yet , but there must be loads. I suppose Waterloo is often used to mean final defeat . edit; I'm not sure , but can terms like "Opening up Pandora's box" or "Pyrrhic Victory" be included ?
Webbo Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Yes Spion Kop , good one I've been trying to think of others and not come up with any yet , but there must be loads. I suppose Waterloo is often used to mean final defeat . edit; I'm not sure , but can terms like "Opening up Pandora's box" or "Pyrrhic Victory" be included ? Pandoras box is a myth so it's not really from history, Pyrrhic victory is based on history so that should be. Also "crossing the Rubicon".
Zingari Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Crossing the Rubicon is a good one for a point of no return How about " papering over the cracks" when discussing decorators deception to hide faults?
Webbo Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Crossing the Rubicon is a good one for a point of no return How about " papering over the cracks" when discussing decorators deception to hide faults? Historically inaccurate.
Zingari Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Just as "grassy knoll" and "magic bullet" have taken on meanings in their own right from the Kennedy assassination , I think "back and to the left , back and to the left" might be another contender to mean a form of blatant deception . Hopefully this year will see a whole new look at the events and resurrect a new interest in this fascinating piece of history.
Zingari Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Mary Celeste is a good one . Sword of Damocles , ( when used as a precarious situation)
Trav Le Bleu Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Mary Celeste is a good one . Sword of Damocles , ( when used as a precarious situation) Mtyhological rather than historical. Anyway, historical quotes. "Keep you eye on those arrows Harold." "Why, there's 600 of us in the Light Brigade and you call that a Valley of Death!" "You know what's the best mode of transport to get over the Alps? Elephants!" "Yeah, I know I left the oven burning on Puddling Lane, but it's a bridge, loads of water around it; what's the worst that could happen?" "You'll love this play Abe, it will blow your mind!"
Trav Le Bleu Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!
notnow john Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Daylight robbery Never connected the two before, all becomes clear!
Zingari Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Does the phrase daylight robbery come from window taxes?
Webbo Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Does the phrase daylight robbery come from window taxes? That must have been a pane.
notnow john Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Does the phrase daylight robbery come from window taxes? So I'm lead to believe .
Zingari Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 So I'm lead to believe . I just assumed it came from audacious theft in daylight rather than night time burglary . We learn summat every day .
Alexikokopops Posted 4 March 2013 Posted 4 March 2013 Does the phrase daylight robbery come from window taxes? It's often believed to but window tax ran from some time in the 1600s to the mid 1800s and the first reference in writing to "daylight robbery" being used in reference to being fleeced was mid 1900s. Something along those lines.
Zingari Posted 5 March 2013 Posted 5 March 2013 I heard this one again last night . Post Turtle . it's used mainly in U.S. politics
pSinatra Posted 5 March 2013 Posted 5 March 2013 I heard this one again last night . Post Turtle . it's used mainly in U.S. politics Never heard that one before.........but very useful in politics!! Not a phrase as such, but after seeing a thread in the music section..........Joy Division At concentration camps during WWII, certain women were kept to one side for the pleasure of German soldiers.......known as Joy Divisions.
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