Hit the nail on the head, let the cat out of the bag, cut the mustard. . . These are just a few common catchphrases used by millions of English-speaking people every day.

Some of these expressions have rich histories and interesting origins. For example, the saying ‘storm in a tea cup’ was first coined by Edward Thurlow, a Lord Chancellor born in the 18th century. He used it to describe an uprising on the Isle of a Man, an affair he believed to be been blown out of all proportion. The popular phrase ‘let the cat of the bag’ is rumoured to be brought about by merchants selling piglets hundreds of years ago. Sometimes they tricked customers by filling bags with stray cats rather than piglets. The unsuspecting buyer would then return home and (rather than finding the hog they had expected) would release a surprise cat out of the bag.

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