Off The Hook
March 18, 2016

Expressions in our lives

By Melanie Behrens

Recently, I came across some expressions like, shot of whiskey, buying the farm, passing the buck and cobweb, that we use in our everyday life and I wondered where they came from.
A shot of whiskey: By one account, a shot of whiskey originated in the old West. Of course, it has come to mean the amoun...

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