Timeline for Cute as a button
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| Sep 28, 2016 at 20:48 | comment | added | Dr. Funk | "Dead as a doornail" is not nonsensical, and I would caution you about dismissing phrases as nonsensical simply because you're unaware of their origins. Dead can mean "stationary" or "static". Doornails would be secured by hammering the exposed point down to prevent them from backing out. This would render the nail immobile - you can't pull a nail that has been secured in this fashion, especially if it is a forged nail, as would have been the case around the time that the phrase was popularized. | |
| May 19, 2014 at 20:39 | comment | added | Oldcat | What makes you think that mad as a wet hen doesn't have the obvious origin in that barnyard fowl don't like water? | |
| May 18, 2014 at 19:27 | comment | added | James Waldby - jwpat7 | Do you have any knowledge or evidence to back these up, or are they entirely speculations? | |
| May 18, 2014 at 16:41 | history | answered | user2310967less | CC BY-SA 3.0 |