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Sufficiently taken care of in Austin Powers already, a similar phrase has become popular in Dutch too. It translates (more or less) "then I had (have) something of" as in "Then I had something of 'no, thank you'". For some reason politicians seem to be very happy to spoil the language with...

I love threads like this one, not only for the wit but also they're very informative. Another angle for me is to compare expressions with (possible) similar expressions in mine or other languages. Sometimes they're essentially the same (suggesting a common root or seed), sometimes they don't...

No doubt you're right. In Dutch (and probably German too, but I'm in the wrong place now to look it up) the expression is (translated :) ) "placing one's best leg in front", and I suppose those versions are related. Cees

:) It depends. If your task is to kick some ass, you may want to choose the strongest leg (probably the right one if you're right-handed), if it is your goal to step-up firmly, or make a good start running, you may want to put the other one forward first. But really, I think this...