It comes from an old French word for a bite of food or a ... When it originally appeared around 1836 in a public ledger it was a verb meaning to go away quickly. The leisurely version of the ...

Last week we talked about a few old-fashioned Southern sayings and promised at the end ... up and carry her in his arms all the way from their house to the restaurant – they got in their car ...

That got your compiler to thinking of other sayings and figures of speech he has ... Reference is obviously to the Old Testament prophet who suddenly lost everything he held dear, yet remained ...