There was a big old Corkscrew Willow tree in my friends garden that was looking a bit precarious and rotten, so they had to get it taken down which wasn't easy. Needless to say they have a good stock of logs for the forthcoming Winter.
This leads me on to today's famous phrase, "A Chip off the Old Block". This is often used when you describe something that a Son does that is similar to what his Father would do, hence you say, "Well he's a chip off the old block".
Origin is said to have come from the American Civil war when they used to change the projectile of the shells that came from the cannons, so they used to put blocks under the wheels raising the barrel up or down. To alter them again the order was given to take a chip off the blocks.
Over the years these blocks became known as the old blocks and each chip came from the same old place and therefore was identical.
Love your way of adding an old saying to the photo and then explaining it. I often hear or use a saying and wonder how it originated. Fun to learn that!
Another interesting one. It makes me wonder how many times have I heard this one before without knowing how it started. And I like how you tie in the capture. Nicely done!
I love to learn about the origins of phrases. You may recall a photo I took last month at the harvest festival of some reinactment fellows. One was describing in depth the long guns used in the 1800s. He explained the origin of "flash in the pan" which we now use to describe someone who's achieved something once to suggest they can't repeat it....not the original meaning.
