Have you ever wondered why people say “Break a leg” to performers before a performance? While the origins of the phrase are murky, there are a number of theories on how this curious practice got started.
The phrase “break a leg” is a common idiom used to wish performers, such as actors or musicians, good luck before they go on stage to perform. Despite its seemingly negative connotation, the phrase is actually intended as a well-wishing expression of good luck rather than a literal wish for harm.
Doyle’s Space – Space Yodels
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Shuffled off this mortal coil
I say it all the time, I know what it means, but how did they come up with that phrase? Meaning that it is not alive, unequivocally deceased it can be figuratively or literally defunct – the phone line is deader than a door nail or that possum, you ran over, is as dead as a doornail.
