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Origin of the greeting Sweet dreams - English Language Usage Stack . . . 1908 Sears Roebuck Catal 198 1 Tenor Solos Good Bye, Sweet Dreams, Good Bye But it goes back until at least the 19th and possibly 18th centuries John Wolcot, writing under the pseudonym of Peter Pindar, used it in his poem "Orson and Ellen; A Legendary Tale" published in 1801: Also from 1801 in The infernal Quixote (Page 287) by Charles Lucas:
meaning - What does Many, many happy returns of the day mean in . . . Wikipedia explains the phrase as follows: The term itself refers to the passing year Since the 18th century this has been used as a salutation to offer the hope that a happy day being marked would recur many more times
Origin of skin in the game - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Is the some reference to the Bible, Job 2:3-5:? King James Version, "3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause
Origin of the idiom If ifs and buts were candy and nuts? From The Phrase Finder: "If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?" seems to be attributed to Don Meredith (the American football player commentator)
How do you greet multiple recipients in an e-mail? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Whispering sweet nothings - English Language Usage Stack Exchange sweet nothings n colloq sentimental trivia, endearments 1900 Fazl-i-Husain Diary 20 May in A Husain Fazl-i-Husain (1946) ii 35 The sweet nothings so often talked of in the romantic descriptions 1934 C Lambert Music Ho! iii 212 The blues have a certain austerity that places them far above the sweet nothings of George Gershwin
How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina? From "Parliament: From the Gallery: A Sitting Short but Not Sweet" in the Sydney [New South Wales] Morning Herald (January 12, 1927): Depressed by the lassitude of a pitifully short vacation and the damp heat of this scantily ventilated room, members just spread themselves out and breathed heavily