Where Does it Come From? - Part 2

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Full of Beans - Beans produce energy; therefore a person who is active and energetic must be "full of beans". I have also heard this phrase used to say someone is full of c**p. Grandfather Clock - There was a popular song in the 1880s that went: "My grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf so it stood ninety years on the floor." Happy as a Clam (at High Tide) - Clams are gathered only when the tide it out; so clams would be happy at high tide. Infantry - It comes from the word "infant" since, in its time, part of the army was made up of the page boys of knights. Jeep - "G.P." (General Purpose) was painted on the sides of the first quarter-ton reconnaissance cars delivered to the Army. "G.P." said quickly became "jeep". Photo Credit: Pixabay