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Slightly cooler than urging someone to 'have a good day' US, 1984. The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (1997) says: have a nice day Also, have a good day; have a good one. A cordial goodbye ... For example, Thanks for the order, have a nice day, or See you next week — have a good day, or The car's ready for you — have a good one ...
Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf. Du. van daag "from-day," Dan., Swed. i dag "in day"). Ger. heute is from O.H.G. hiutu, from P.Gmc. hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronomial stem ki-, represented by L. cis "on this side." The same applies to tomorrow and tonight, at least according to this ...
Note that to this day French histoire means both story and history – as does the corresponding term in German, Geschichte. I imagine this is true in many other European languages. I imagine this is true in many other European languages.
E.g. in School we have 5-7 or 8 hours every day (Math, History, Biology, Chemistry, English etc.). The first hour starts at 8:00 A.M. But every Thursday we have an hour that stars at 7:10 A.M. In the table it will look like this (just random picture from the web): In Czech language we call it: nultá hodina which is something like zero-ish hour
Consistent with Mari-Lou A's excellent answer, Google Books and Elephind newspaper database searches yield no earlier matches for the expression attributed to Don Meredith in 1970:
The earliest use in print I found of the exact phrase "flip the bird" or "flipped the bird" or "flipping the bird" is from a 1967 Broadside (Volume 6, Issues 17-26).
the other day and, shortly after saying, wondered about its origin. My understanding is that it means to "connect the dots" or to figure the answer to a question, but I'm uncertain why "put two and two together" became a synonym.
Climacteric maximum was recorded on the 9th day at room temperature storage in 2 commercial varieties of mangoes when harvested at optimal maturity. This peak was preponed by 2 days in hot water-treated fruits. Climacteric maximum was preponed with advance in maturity and was postponed when the fruits were physiologically immature.
It is a very old saying, that dates back at least to the 16th century: . Woolgathering: . 1550s, "indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking," from the literal meaning "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc." (see wool + gather).
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