Oh, yeah, and いらっしゃい, by the way.
Brazilian dude
Some thing WICKED this way comes!
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- Grand Panjandrum
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So, your computer paid off your mortgage?Yes, very regular! Although not necessarily regular posters...
My computer at home bought the farm, so I am still working on that problem... Makes for less than frequent postings!
-Tim
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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I can't remember ever hearing this phrase before, but its meaning was immediately obvious to me, which fact would seem to supports the conclusions regarding the etymology of the word found here.......
My computer at home bought the farm, so I am still working on that problem...
Henri
PS : I hope, Tim, you've got it (the computer, not the farm !) up and running again !...
曾记否,到中流击水,浪遏飞舟?
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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The Online Etymology Dictionary has a similar origin under farm.
World Wide Words dates it from the 1950s, as Air Force slang for a fatal crash, with possible links " . . . to several older British slang sayings, like buy it or buy one (usually in the form “He’s bought one!”). . . . "
The Word Detective has the same derivations, with this addition:
World Wide Words dates it from the 1950s, as Air Force slang for a fatal crash, with possible links " . . . to several older British slang sayings, like buy it or buy one (usually in the form “He’s bought one!”). . . . "
The Word Detective has the same derivations, with this addition:
Take Our Word For It's take on it:This usage almost certainly also reflected an earlier sardonic slang use of "buy" to mean "to be at fault for damaging," as a driver who crashed his car into a telephone pole might be said to have "bought a telephone pole."
That same site also addresses Bite the Dust and Kick the Bucket.I am interested in the origin of the phrase buy the farm. There are derivative euphemisms for sudden death but I can only guess at where the original expression came from. I'll watch your web site.
The explanation which I feel is most likely regarding the origin of bought/buy the farm (which originally meant 'killed/to be killed in action') is this: Young soldiers in the war (World War II) often asked one another what they planned to do when they returned home after the war. A common reply from those hailing from rural regions was that, upon returning home, a soldier would marry his girlfriend, buy a farm in his hometown, and raise children. Upon hearing of the death in action of a fellow soldier, a man would say with sad sarcasm, "He's bought his farm."
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
memo to self: for best odds of resuscitation, avoid biting the dust; try to fall supine.Biting dust is not the cause but rather a side-effect of the act of dying.
gailr
Link to CPR info not posted entirely in jest; it's useful for all to know something about this, to help 'respiration-challenged persons' avoid returning to dust before absolutely necessary.
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Is that true, or is it the converse, that under "Good Samaritan" laws you cannot be held accountable for reasonable efforts make to help someone?
Which reminds me, I need to go back online and recert my defibrillator certificate . . .
Which reminds me, I need to go back online and recert my defibrillator certificate . . .
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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