Sample Entries from "Cliches":
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG is an idiom cliche meaning to reveal
a secret. In origin it refers allegedly to a fairground trick by
which traders sold unwary buyers a cat in a bag, assuring them it
was a pig. The buyers did not realize their mistake until they let
the cat out of the bag, by which time it was too late.
BITE THE BULLET is an idiom clichi meaning to steel oneself to
accept something distressing. In origin it probably refers to the
days before anesthesia, when soldiers wounded in battle were given
a lead bullet to bite on to brace themselves against the pain of
surgery.
FLY OFF THE HANDLE is an idiom clichi meaning to lose one's
temper. Originally American, the expression has its origin in an ax
or hammer, the handle of which becomes loosened and flies off after
it has struck a blow.
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