tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post5003781459648508441..comments2024-03-24T18:43:21.700-05:00Comments on Forgetfulone: Dead Expressions (No, it's not morbid! It's Thursday 13)Forgetfulonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895803172098820967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post-65144500793635125542022-08-19T20:41:11.510-05:002022-08-19T20:41:11.510-05:00Interesting! I’m not ready to be dead as a doorkno...Interesting! I’m not ready to be dead as a doorknob. Su-sieee! Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515318972570669414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post-46299119147054985672022-08-18T21:09:00.536-05:002022-08-18T21:09:00.536-05:00I didn't think of that one, but you're so ...I didn't think of that one, but you're so right! And it's such a common expression. So I read about it, and it's been around since the 1300's. It refers to a process they used to make the nails stronger for the doors before screws were invented. It was often used, in of all things, poetry. https://grammarist.com/idiom/dead-as-a-doornail/Forgetfulonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895803172098820967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post-33258413343059035872022-08-18T19:29:07.916-05:002022-08-18T19:29:07.916-05:00Excellent list. Dead as a doornail has always mad...Excellent list. Dead as a doornail has always made me wonder where that came from. As Charles Dickens said, you'd have thought a coffin nail would be the deadest piece of ironmongery, not a door nail.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post-85672192801386205862022-08-18T14:05:58.679-05:002022-08-18T14:05:58.679-05:00Wow. Lots of "dead" there - but it's...Wow. Lots of "dead" there - but it's a good list! Very intriguing.CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post-5232996144787895072022-08-18T00:25:24.165-05:002022-08-18T00:25:24.165-05:00I was thinking that, too!I was thinking that, too!Forgetfulonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895803172098820967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19855347.post-59000534376261248172022-08-17T22:54:16.196-05:002022-08-17T22:54:16.196-05:00And then there is "Dead Head" of which I...And then there is "Dead Head" of which I was one. colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16669375650785054059noreply@blogger.com