A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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