Have you ever wondered why .. • we say "I heard it through the grapevine"? • golf assistants are called "caddies"? •there is a best man at weddings? • a leg injury is called a "charley horse"? • the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? • a coward is "yellow"? • brides are carried over the threshold? • a formal suit is a "tuxedo"? • a left-hander is called a "southpaw"?

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