Today is probably going to be haircut day so here are the 'before' shots
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Fit as a fiddle.
Fit as a fiddle, where does that phrase come from? Does anyone know? Anyway, following all my tests yesterday, that is what I am....in tip top condition. And after my dentist trip today my teeth will be too. Hooray, all set for the poisonous chemicals!
Today is probably going to be haircut day so here are the 'before' shots
Today is probably going to be haircut day so here are the 'before' shots
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Of course the 'fiddle' here is the colloquial name for violin. 'Fit' didn't originally mean healthy and energetic, in the sense it is often used nowadays to describe the inhabitants of gyms. When this phrase was coined 'fit' was used to mean 'suitable, seemly', in the way we now might say 'fit for purpose'.
ReplyDeleteThomas Dekker, in The batchelars banquet, 1603 referred to 'as fine as a fiddle':
"Then comes downe mistresse Nurse as fine as a farthing fiddle, in her petticoate and kertle."
Not long afterwards, in 1616, there's W. Haughton's English-men for my Money, which includes:
"This is excellent ynfayth [in faith], as fit as a fiddle."
GL tomorrow x
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