No strings attached
I’m a nut for words, etymology, and all kinds of language trivia. And consequently I’m oddly pleased that now I know where “no strings attached” comes from.
I’m a nut for words, etymology, and all kinds of language trivia. And consequently I’m oddly pleased that now I know where “no strings attached” comes from.
April 8th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
Now try “pulling out all the stops.”
April 8th, 2005 at 11:29 pm
Heh … sounds organic :)
April 10th, 2005 at 12:01 pm
The phrase “pulling out all the stops” means to go for it with all you have. But the phrase itself comes from organ playing. On a pipe organ, you have all these knobs that you pull to open up the pipes and let wind blow through them. When you “pull out all the stops,” all the pipes on the organ are open and you get blown away by this huge sound. Now you know.