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Take it away, Andrew. The whole nine yards means the entire amount or as far as much as possible. And that's a phrase with disputed origins. It's similar to the expression dressed to the nines and some say it relates to the best suits being made from nine yards of fabric.

But the more likely origin is actually military based. During World War Two, the American fighter planes used 50 caliber machine guns that were fired from the doors by the gunners. The ammunition used by these guns were linked together on belts that were exactly nine yards long.

So if a target was shot at with the full belt of ammunition, it was said that they were being given the whole nine yards. A wild goose chase is a fruitless chase for something or a hopeless quest, and it has its origins in early horse racing. The sport developed in England in the 16th century, and its earliest form was much different to what we see today because a race began with a lead horse being set off, the rider taking any direction he chose. And then the other riders were sent off in pursuit, leaving at precise regular intervals. The pursuing horses and riders didn't know exactly which route the lead rider had taken, so they all set off in different directions like wild geese trying to follow their leader. Shakespeare then used the expression in his play Romeo and Juliet and that popularized it. To win hands down means to win easily with little effort, and it's another phrase that comes from horse racing. When riding a jockey needs to keep a tight rein on his horse to encourage it to run, but when a jockey is so far ahead of the competition that he can loosen the rein and still win without needing his whip, he can place both hands back on the reins and rest them down comfortably.

He can then counter to the finish line and win hands down. Without batting an eyelid means to take a situation in your stride or not show any emotional response. And it's always used in the negative, and it's another expression that derives from the linguistic world. The word bat comes from bait, an obsolete English word, which comes from the old French word batre, meaning to beat the wings or flutter.

So when a person reacted to something of note without showing any surprise or emotion, to the extent that they didn't even blink or flutter an eyelid, it was said that they didn't bat an eyelid. To wreak havoc means to cause major destruction or confusion, and it began in 13th century France where the expression cry a haveot was a military call that battlefield generals would yell, have it meaning plunder, so to cry a have it meant the battle was won and the soldiers could begin looting. The phrase then reached England by the 14th century where it evolved to cry havoc, and then the expression was used by Shakespeare in a number of his plays which brought it to the mainstream where it was adapted to wreak havoc. The wrong end of the stick means to misunderstand a situation entirely, and it's got pretty disgusting origins. It began with the toilet habits of ancient Rome. The Romans used communal toilets where people sat side by side to discuss the day's events. The toilet paper hadn't been invented, so to address personal hygiene issues a cloth or sponge was tied to one end of a short stick which was passed from person to person.

It was obviously important to pay close attention when picking up or being passed the stick because nobody wanted to get the wrong end of the stick. To get out of the wrong side of the bed means that someone's in a bad mood, and it's an expression that began in ancient Rome and it's very similar to the saying to set off on the wrong foot where the Romans believed that anything on the left was evil including the bed. They had a real superstition that nefarious spirits lay on the left hand side of the bed during the night, and if someone was to get out on that side they would be forced to pass through those spirits whose sinister ways would influence the person during the day affecting their judgement and putting them in a bad mood.

This negative influence would continue until the next morning when the person got out of the bed on the right. You can run but you can't hide means you can try to escape something but you'll eventually be caught, and it owes its origins to the great heavyweight boxer Joe Lewis known as the Brown Bomber. In 1941 he fought Billy Conn, a much lighter and faster boxer, and behind on the scorecard Lewis eventually knocked Conn out in the 13th round, then still champion in 1946 Lewis fought a rematch with Conn. Remembering how close Lewis had come to losing his belt in the first bout, boxing writers asked Lewis how he could combat Conn's fast hit and run strategy.

Lewis responded, he can run but he can't hide, and Lewis won the fight by knockout in the 8th round. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours means to do someone a favour if they do one for you, and it has its origins with the British Navy. During the 17th century the punishments meted out to sailors for being drunk or absent or disobedient were severe, and one of the main forms of punishment was the lashing with the cut of Ninetail's whip which had multiple strands that caused severe pain. The common practice was to tie the offender to the ship's mast in full view and have him flogged by another crew member.

The crew members came to an understanding that they would only deliver light lashes and merely scratch the other's back, knowing that they would receive similar leniency if their turn came to be flogged later in the voyage. Your name is Mudd means a person who is unpopular or out of favour, and it began in 1865 when John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln by shooting him in the Ford Theatre in Washington. Booth broke his leg while escaping and managed to ride his horse to the house of Dr Samuel Mudd. Mudd was ignorant of the grave events that had just unfolded and provided Booth with the medical assistance he needed. Mudd learned of the shooting the next day and contacted the police, but he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to life in jail.

He was pardoned and released in 1869, but the public never forgave him and his name was forever tarnished. To say your ship has come in means you've become rich and successful, and it dates from the mid 1800s and is a seafaring expression as the expression suggests. A man might spend all his money in building a ship, fitting it out and hiring a crew. The ship would then set sail for a long voyage in the hope of recouping the money. It may be away for years at a time and the investor, unable to communicate with the captain, would never be sure if he'd see his money again or even the ship again. It would only be when the ship reappeared that he would know the outcome.

If laden with a cargo of valuables from far away places, it would be said that his ship had come in. And a terrific job on the production and editing by our own Greg Hengler and a special thanks to Andrew Thompson. His book Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red.

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