From where and when does the saying "Temptress in a Teacup" come?
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It's Tempest in a Teacup and it came from Shakespeare, I think.  It means something that's been blown out of proportion.
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The word is "trousseau" from French.  Throughout history, single young women all over the world have prepared for their change in marital status by accumulating a trousseau. A traditional trousseau -- stored in a hope chest -- included bridal accessories, jewelry, lingerie, toiletries and makeup, plus bed linens and bath towels for her new home. \n\nI hope this helps.
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Here's two definitions I found for you...\n\n1. according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080) - Source: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\n2. (c. 980 – 1067) was an Anglo-Saxon lady, who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England, in order to gain from her husband a remission of the oppressive toll imposed on his tenants. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva\n\nHopefully that's helpful :-)
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not so sure of the origin and history behind the phrase but if you find it ranining cat's and dogs be careful not to step in a poodle... i looked it up for you and yu can find the answer at the link below
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1382, "males or females collectively," from Latin sexus "state of being either male or female, gender." "Commonly taken with seco as division or 'half' of the race" [Tucker], which would connect it to secare "to divide or cut" (see section). Meaning "quality of being male or female" first recorded 1526. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence); meaning "genitalia" is attested from 1938. Sexy first recorded 1925 (as an Eng. word in Fr.), originally "engrossed in sex;" sense of "sexually attractive" is 1932. Sex appeal first recorded 1924; sex drive is from 1918; sex object and sex symbol both first attested 1911, the former in ref. to Jesus. Sexpot is from 1954. Sexpert "sex therapist" is from 1924. Sexploitation is attested from 1942.
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there is some proverb . i have forgotten the actual words. it is like tea calling the teapot (kettle ) black or some thing. anyway i have given the clue. somebody will come out with proper  proverb for u here.
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working in a bar- the barmaids have to remember who ordered a pint/quart. \n\nIt is now used as a phrase meaning mind your own business.
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I think it's a euphemism for "jacksh-t"\nSo now the question is, where did THAT phrase come from?
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Tantra, "type of Hindu religious book, 1799, from Skt. tantram, lit. "loom, warp," hence "groundwork, system, doctrine," from tan "to stretch, extend," from PIE base *ten- "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). Hence, tantric (1905), used loosely in the West to denote erotic spiritualism."
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As far as I know, the slang word goes right back to the Middle Ages, when a "burd" was a poetic name for a "lady". You can still read old ballads about "Burd Ellen".\n\nThe name was early on confused with the word "bride" as well as "bird" and has become one of the most common British slang terms.
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I would ask you to define "smouches," but I'm afraid you might try.\n\nNevermind.  I found it:\n\nSMOUCH\nCounterfeit tea.\nWhen tea first arrived in Britain from China in the 1660s it was extremely expensive, made much more so in the following century by customs duties which greatly encouraged smuggling. Its high price was a stimulus also to counterfeiters, who made imitation teas out of the dried leaves of hawthorn, ash, sloe and other native British plants. These were coloured with various noxious substances, such as verdigris and copperas, and sold to dealers under the slang name of smouch (more formally and euphemistically, British tea). So pervasive was this practice (one estimate is that three million pounds weight were being made each year at one point) that Parliament passed an Act in 1725 condemning it, not only because it cheated the Revenue but because it resulted in the “destruction of great quantities of timber, woods and underwoods”. The source of the word is unknown, though it was also current in the same period as a dialect term for a kiss (hence the modern smooch), and as an offensive slang term for a Jew, and later turns up in the US as a verb meaning “to acquire dishonestly; to pilfer” (for example, in Huckleberry Finn: “So I’ll mosey along now, and smouch a couple of case-knives”).
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The merry wives of Windsor by Shakespeare.\n\nBut it was originally said by Publius Syrus in 42 b.c.
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It's from "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. \n\nIt's out of copyright now so maybe you can look through the text http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/CarGlas.html :)\n\nThat's also where "Jabberwocky" comes from, and the Duchess' Lullaby \n\nSpeak roughly to your little boy,\nAnd beat him when he sneezes:\nHe only does it to annoy,\nBecause he knows it teases.\n\n:)
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Maybe you want to say "sienta" insteat "zenza"\n\nIt means "I want to lick you until I could feel you in my mouth a thousand times"\n\nWhere did you hear it?
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Sorry you've had such rubbish answers. \n\nI'm usually quite good at this sort of thing, but I'm afraid I can't find any info on the origins of this phrase.\n\nI hope someone more knowledgeable answers you soon!
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What is the Meaning and Origin of "The seven year itch". \n\n: SEVEN-YEAR ITCH E"Used to describe a husband's or wife's urge to stray from his or her mate after seven years of marriage, this expression appears to have been invented by American playwright George Axelrod in his play 'The Seven Year ItchE(1952) and further popularized by the film version starring Marilyn Monroe (1955). Word and phrase hunters haven't been able to turn up any earlier use of the words in a sexual context, although seven-year itch had been used to describe a poison ivy itch that supposedly recurred once every seven years.EFrom the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase OriginsEby Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997). \n\nitch, the Sexual urge. Generally occurs in expressins like 'she's a bitch with an itch', or 'the seven-year itch', widely known as the time when after several years of marriage a husband or wife gets restless and starts to look for extramarital liaisons. This use of 'itc' dates back to the 17th century. \nFrom The Slanguage of Sex (1985) by Brigid McConville & John Shearlaw \n\nseven-year itch ... Previously it had been used to describe various itching ailments, including scabies, that only disappeared after seven years of treatment. Itch however, has been used since the 17th century as a slang word for a sexual urge and seven years is a traditional period for change: \nTime's pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven years. (Shakespeare, As You Like It) \nFrom Brewer's Twentieth Century Phrase & Fable (1991) \n\nGeorge Axlerod said in BBC Radio's "Quote ... Unquote" (1979): \nThere was a phrase which referred to a somewhat unpleasant disease but nobody used it a sexual context before. I do believe I invented it in that sense.
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It's not a place, but originated as the name of a book "Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero" by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. Vanity Fair was published as a serial between January 1847 and July 1848.\nIt has been made into a move (two or three times I think) and is also the name of a fashion magazine and a line of lingerie.