El sentido detrás de la sombra...
Lo que les quiero hacer es poner una frase que usan usualmente en sus vidas diarias. Para aprender más de esa frase, busquen el origin de la frase y ponganlo aquí para compartir con sus compañeros. Para explicar el sentido de la post, voy a empezar con un ejemplo:
As a fun way to learn a little bit more about other languages as well as your own, what I would like for you to do is put a phrase that you use commonly that you might not know the origin of, and then do some research, find the origin, and post it here so everyone can see why we say things. To help explain, I'll start with an example:
"You suck"
Comes from the 1970's when the Hoover Vaccuum Company went through a tough time with recalls and falling stock prices. The term means literally that you "suck like a hoover" but was shortened later on.
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"Hooker": a short history of all its meanings.
hooker
"prostitute," often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker (1863), and the word probably was popularized by this association at that time. But it is said to have been in use in North Carolina c.1845 ("If he comes by way of Norfolk he will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel."). One theory traces it to Corlear's Hook, a disreputable section of New York City. Perhaps related to hooker "thief, pickpocket" (1567), but most likely an allusion to prostitutes hooking or snaring clients. Hook in the figurative sense of "that by which anyone is attracted or caught" is recorded from 1430; and hook (v.) in the figurative sense of "catch hold of and draw in" is attested from 1577; in reference to "fishing" for a husband or a wife, it was in common use from c.1800. All of which makes the modern sense seem a natural step. The family name Hooker (attested from c.975 C.E.) would mean "maker of hooks," or else refer to an agricultural laborer who used a hook (cf. O.E. weodhoc "weed-hook"). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
