(01-29-2023, 05:40 PM)hazard Wrote:(01-29-2023, 11:16 AM)Norgarth Wrote:
I will note that 'fly off the handle' is incorrectly depicted as an animal idiom. It's about a weighty chunk of mass literally and suddenly detaching from a handle, presumably while at speed and at considerable risk of causing injury.
Well, John Atkinson certainly didn't draw a fly on the handle. We have a trope for this sort of thing.
Oh, and source.
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Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown