Where does the phrase to "wax lyrical" come from?  Isnt it a strange phrase?
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To wax lyrical means to talk about something with a lot of interest and excitement.\n\nOne can wax poetic, lyrical, eloquent, philosophical, etc. It's all pretty much the same thing. But finding the origins of this phrase is a bit tricky.\n\nOne sense of wax (as an intransitive verb) is to pass into a mood or state.\n\nIn this sense one could understand the phrase wax poetic (or sarcastic, or whatever) and this would certainly lead one to doubt whether this phrase is an idiom (as I had been thinking) because it can be taken literally.\n\nThe Canadian Oxford Dictionary suggests that wax (in this sense) has a Germanic origin: wachsen (to grow). The interesting thing about this relationship is that wachsen never has an attribute, i.e. neither wax poetic nor grow old translate.\n\nThe Encarta online dictionary's suggestion is that this sense of wax is from Old English weaxan, and ultimately from an Indo-European base meaning “to increase,” which is also the ancestor of English "augment" and "eke."\n\nThe American Heritage Dictionary agrees, adding that this word is an offshoot of the Indo-European Language family's root fragment "aug", from whence we get words like augment, inaugurate, auxilliary, august, and auction.
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You probably know what most of the words mean, and it's really a nonsensical sentence.  Chaotical- isn't really a word, I think they mean "chaotic." but that wouldn't rhyme with amneotical, as in amniotic fluid, the fluid that surrounds a baby in the womb (amneotical isn't really a word either, but it works better with chaotical). Onomatopoeia Isn't an art, it's when words sound like what they describe, like whiz, buzz, or flush.  In short, the sentence means nothing except that the author (the rap druid)was probably stoned when he wrote it, and was trying to say "Chaotic amniotic fluid, I can rhyme even though it makes no sense!!"  This is one sentence taken out of context, so it's possible it has some meaning in the context of the song, a reference to chaotic beginnings, perhaps?
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The origin of the phrase "clean as a whistle" is:\n\nCLEAN AS A WHISTLE - "One possibility is that the old simile describes the whistling sound of a sword as it swishes through the air to decapitate someone, and an early 19th century quotation does suggest this connection: 'A first rate shot.(his) head taken off as clean as a whistle.' The expression is proverbial, at least since the 18th century, when Robert Burns used a variation on it. More likely the basic idea suggests the clear, pure sound a whistle makes, or the slippery smooth surface of a willow stick debarked to make a whistle. But there is also a chance that the phrase may have originally been 'as clean as a whittle,' referring to a piece of smooth wood after it is whittled.'" (From the "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997.) \n\nAnother source states: "Robert Burns, in his poem, 'Earnest Cry,' used 'toom' ('empty') rather than 'clean' - 'Paint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle; Her mutchkin stoup as toom's a whissle' - and other writers have had the whistle clear, dry, pure or other adjective. The basic intent, however, is to indicate that, for a sweet, pure sound from a whistle or reed, the tube must be clean and dry." (From "Heavens to Betsy & Other Curious Sayings" by Charles Earle Funk, Harper & Row, New York, 1955.) \n\nAnd a third: "As every old-timer can tell you, a good whistle made from a reed or a piece of wood emits a clear tone - but it is easily damaged. Even small particles of debris, or a few drops of moisture will change the sound of a handmade instrument. In order to emit the pure notes intended by its maker, a whistle has to be absolutely clean. Anything or anyone as clean as a brand-new whistle or as clear as its sound is bound to be good. All of which means that an organization or person called as 'clean as a whistle' has been judged to be guiltless or flawless." (From "Why You Say It" by Webb Garrison, Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, Tenn., 1992.)
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The phrase was probaly around as early as 1500.  It is first attributed to 'Don Quixote' which was written in the mid to late 1500's.  However forms of the phrase reach even earlier with Shakespear writing 'the Raven chides blackness'
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That's absoulutely hilarious. Unfortunately, a great deal of meaning can be lost in writing, particularly when one is being factitious or sarcastic. Am I wrong to assume that this was meant to be be a joke? (It seems that no one else is interpreting it that way.) Neither of the words that you listed are diminuitive at all.\n\nThese are the lyrics from a song by Nelly - a famous rapper. It's just a joke people.
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It means a quotation or saying
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I think it was written to have no specific meaning, just to 'paint some pictures' with words. I think the lyrics are essentially meaningless beyond that.
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Taken from the included link: "This phrase, in which French refers to "bad language", is employed when the speaker feels compelled to use an obscenity despite having listeners who might be offended.  It's a late 19th century euphemism which first appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1895.\n\nIt is thought that the term French is employed in this sense as it already had a history of association with things considered vulgar.  As far back as the early 16th century, French pox and the French disease were synonyms for genital herpes, and French-sick was another term for syphillis.  The OED also equates the adjective French with "spiciness", as in French letter for "condom", French kiss (1923) and French (i. e. "sexually explicit") novels (from 1749)."
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If you are referring to the song by Dido, the lyrics are pretty easy to decipher, just listen to it. Or look it up on the 'net. Lyric sites are everywhere.
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I've always dug Strange Kind of of Woman.  It's something about the lyrics:\n\nShe finally said she loved me\nI wed her in a hurry\nNo more callers and I glowed with pride\nI'm dreaming\nI feel like screaming\nI won my woman just before she died\n\nToo cool.\n\nMan, now I've got to go dig that album out!
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Comes from "take the cake"\n\nCake: When someone takes the cake they are regarded as having come first in some, often trivial, activity or other. Most authorities consider that this saying goes back to the days of slavery in the USA. The slaves used to hold competitions to see which couple could produce the most elegant walk. The best promenaders won a prize, almost always a cake. The extravagant walk required for this type of competition came to be called a Cakewalk and this gave rise to the old fashioned expression "it's a cakewalk". However the meaning later came to emphasise the trivial nature of the competition and began to imply that the effort needed was minor and of little account. In consequence the modern saying "it's a piece of cake" could well be based on these old customs. \nThere is a much older possible origin, going back to the ancient Greeks. A "cake" in those times was a toasted cereal bound together with honey. It was given to the most vigilant man on night watch. Aristotle is quoted as having written in "The Knights": "if you surpass him in impudence, then we take the cake".
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It originally meant "foreign" from the Greek language (most likely) or "hairy" from Latin...
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It was on their first EP. Not sure of the lyrics though.
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It's not an "explicit" song...it's categorized in such a manner due to the fact that it's lyrics may disturb....(death, grief, etc)..Did you mean to ask what was considered explicit on the new album? Easily answered, listen to their song about teenagers.
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its come from the old english word 'butter', which means to 'spread out' and the word 'fly' which means to 'fly'.
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Giggle,   when  I  was  a lot younger   a  close  friend of  my mother's   one time, at the peak of   frustration over  her   unruly hair  declared  "I look  as if I'd been pulled backwards through a hedge"       I  was only about 12  at the time,  but I thought that  was  so funny   it  somehow got hardwired into my brain  and   I've often used it myself.\n                                               I  guess you could   say something like ,,"Every Saturday   morning,   I would lounge  around   the house in my pyjamas,  with my hair  looking  as if I'd been  dragged backwards  through a hedge"       It's  an  expression that nobody else  will be likely to use  because no-one could possibly have thought of it, since it comes  from  a past  age.   But it's  still pretty darn  descriptive, when you think about it .
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It means your going to be talking funny for a little while. \n\nHonestly, I have never heard of it "meaning" anything. Like gay, stright, or bi. If thats what your thinking about. I know of all diffrent people that have pierced tongues.