Idioms- some interesting meanings and histories
28/08/2015 11:25
- As mad as hatter is in reference of mercury poisoning.
- Now as mad as hatter is in reference to somebody who is eccentric.
- When people close ranks they defend something.
- Hatchet job is a term originated of in the US.
- Hatchet job is used when somebody who was paid to kill someone.
- In the doghouse is in reference to a badly dog