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Face the Music

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Face the Music

Origin of Phrases - F

 

Face the Music

Meaning: To accept the truth.

 

Example: It's time to face the music on your smoking addiction.

 

Origin: Soldiers who had been handed their dishonorable discharge papers was forced to march slowly between ranks of his former comrades. Drums and other instruments marked time for this march. Even though the situation offered no choice, it meant meeting the unpleasant head-on.

 

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Friday

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Friday

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Friday

This day of the week is named after Frigga, mother of Thor and the most important goddess in Valhala. Friday was originally called Frige daeg.

 

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Fornication

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Fornication

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Fornication

This comes from the Latin word fornix, which means "arch". In ancient Rome, prostitutes found the best place for soliciting business was underneath the arches of the Colosseum. Men whose passions were aroused by violence of the games found it hard to resist the women.

 

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Florida

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Florida

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Florida

Explorer Ponce de Leon named the state Pascua Florida - "flowery Easter" - on Easter Sunday in 1513.

 
 

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File

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File

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File

In ancient times, receipts, letters, contracts, etc. were safely kept together by stringing them together on a thread. The Latin word for thread was filum, which eventully was brought over to English as file.

 

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