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After watching the movie Troy it had me wondering if the saying of:One's achilles heelhas actually been passed down from the Greek folklore? ;):confused:

The street/hood/ghetto/hip-hop lingo is one that has always fascinated me. Most of the sayings are really fun to use and sometimes requires no explanation to the meaning/origin because they are just too entertaining. For example:All that and a bag of chips:D

"Raining like cats & dogs"Anyone know the origin of this saying? I've seen it shower down with frogs in Magnolia but I just cannot imagine it with cats & dogs :)

"Everything but the kitchen sink" I'm always puzzled by the symbolism associated with or the significance of the 'kitchen sink'.

"The whole nine yards" Why precisely nine yards? What does that refer to? "To sweat like a pig" Please correct if I'm wrong but pigs do not have sweat glands so they cannot perspirate anyway.

Ever heard a saying or statement that really doesn't make much sense to you? I've also wondered how these sayings come about and the origins of it all? "That's the way the cookie crumbles"Which way does a cookie crumble anyway? Is it always the same way a cookie suppose to crumble? What happens...