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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: where'd this one come from? #43369 09/29/2001 9:49 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear consuelo: The phrase "cold feet" must be really ancient. Obviously it is the opposite of to "hot foot it" meaning to move rapidly. I found a site with hundreds of phrases explained, but they did not have any search system I could find. It's probably in there somewhere, you might enjoy browsing it. http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/HaveOriginsIndex.htm Here's another URL, with discussion of the phrase. http://www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/bulletin_board/7/messages/258.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted where'd this one come from? consuelo 09/29/2001 9:24 PM Re: where'd this one come from? wwh 09/29/2001 9:49 PM Re: where'd this one come from? inselpeter 09/30/2001 12:15 AM Re: where'd this one come from? Capital Kiwi 09/30/2001 9:21 AM Re: where'd this one come from? Jackie 09/30/2001 11:16 AM Re:cold hands consuelo 09/30/2001 11:29 AM Re:cold hands Jackie 09/30/2001 11:33 AM Re:cold hands wwh 09/30/2001 12:41 PM Re: foehead & facial muscles wow 09/30/2001 1:09 PM Re: foehead & facial muscles Jackie 09/30/2001 3:33 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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