97.3 The Dawg » now you know why http://973thedawg.com Acadiana's Best Country Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Real Story Behind the Phrase 'As Pleased As Punch' http://973thedawg.com/real-story-as-pleased-as-punch/ http://973thedawg.com/real-story-as-pleased-as-punch/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:26:04 +0000 Carl Pettit http://tsminteractive.com/?p=82378 If your best friend sidles up to you and tells you that he or she is “as pleased as punch,” then you know that person is very pleased indeed.

But how did this phrase come into being in the  first place?

]]> http://973thedawg.com/real-story-as-pleased-as-punch/feed/ 0 Marioneta, Wiki Commons The Real Story Behind the Phrase 'In the Nick of Time' http://973thedawg.com/the-real-story-behind-the-phrase-in-the-nick-of-time/ http://973thedawg.com/the-real-story-behind-the-phrase-in-the-nick-of-time/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:01:41 +0000 Carl Pettit http://tsminteractive.com/?p=79859 When something gets done ‘in the nick of time,’ it means the clock is about run out, and whatever needed doing almost didn’t get done at all. In the movie ‘The Hangover,’ the guys have a wild bachelor’s party weekend in Las Vegas, and only make it back to Los Angeles for the groom’s wedding ‘in the nick of time.’

But where exactly does this oft-used expression come from?

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