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A saying that has always baffled me is "Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs". What's all that about?
My understanding of it is that the person has just heard an amazing piece of information which is so important that it needs to be communicated immediately to the other people in the household (who happen to be upstairs). Therefore you go to the foot of the stairs in order to shout it up to the others so that they can hear.
The one that has always confused me is, after being told a piece of gossip people will say 'well I never' or 'well I never did'.
What about "Jesus H Christ!" why is the H in there?
This sounds a plausible explanation for "Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs" ...QuoteMy understanding of it is that the person has just heard an amazing piece of information which is so important that it needs to be communicated immediately to the other people in the household (who happen to be upstairs). Therefore you go to the foot of the stairs in order to shout it up to the others so that they can hear.http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question13527.html
Why not just say "I'll have to tell the others"? Or what if they were in the garden?
...tell the whole bloody street
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 12/12/2008 14:16:15...tell the whole bloody streetI think that expression is reserved for embarrassing information which one would rather not leave the home.