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HOTBUBBLEZ | 01:30 Tue 04th Mar 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where does 'dead as a doornail' come from?
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Click http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dea1.htm for the answer.
07:59 Tue 04th Mar 2003
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From Shakespeare's King Henry VI. CADE: Brave thee! ay, by the best blood that ever was broached, and beard thee too. Look on me well: I have eat no meat these five days; yet, come thou and thy five men, and if I do not leave you all as dead as a doornail, I pray God I may never eat grass more. (see: http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/38250.html)
07:56 Tue 11th Mar 2003

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