How about a Maxim thread ? Please explain where it came from.

[Quixote1818]

For instance: "Don't look a Gift Horse in the mouth" comes from the old days when people would look at a horses teeth to see how old the horse was. Meaning that when someone gives you a gift you shouldn't look to see if it's a brand name or criticize the gift in any way because if you do, you are an ass.

[Kire]

1. I wonder what the models on Adage Magazing will look like.

You had to know that was coming.

[Quixote1818]

4. Hay...... A Maxim Maxim! nt

[barackmyworld]

2. haha totally thought this would be about the magazine n/t

[Radical Activist]

3. me too.

That made me feel so cultured. At least a woman thought it too.

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. "Lock, Stock and Barrel" Comes from the terms used to describe parts

of a flintlock rifle. If you have all the parts needed to fire it you must have the (flint) lock, the stock and the barrel.

"Going at it hammer and tong" comes from Blacksmithing as using a hammer and a set of long pliers or "Tongs" were needed to shape hot metal fresh out of the fire.