phrases

Teetotal and Totally Reliant on Tea

Everyone knows that a teetotaler is a person who abstains completely from all alcoholic drinks. Any dictionary will tell you that. But should a person who practices teetotalism be totally reliant on tea? Does teetotal mean someone who “drinks tea totally” and nothing else? Actually the phrase teetotal has absolutely nothing to do with drinking tea. I recently did some digging on

• Henry Wright
• 459 days ago
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Wet or Whet Your Whistle

You’ve probably heard people say “wet your whistle” tens of times and of course this means “to have a drink”. Have you ever wondered where the phrase originates from? I did recently so after some digging I found it dates back to Shakespearean times. Back in those days when you visited your local tavern, your beer mug would have had a whistle

• Henry Wright
• 475 days ago
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