| Oliveki | Дата: Воскресенье, 06.12.2015, 21:06 | Сообщение # 1 |
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| Jack of all trades jack is a familiar, affectionate or diminutive version of john, perhaps the commonest british name, and occurs in numerous expressions to mean an ordinary man, fellow, chap, etc. Thus jack of all trades (person who does a variety of work), every man jack (everyone without exception), jack-in-the-box and cheap jack (originally cheap jack, man who travels about offering bargains for sale, now usually applied to (person who sells goods which are) cheap, shoddy or inferior). Jack is also used as a word for a labouring man (steeplejack) and to express masculinity: a jackass (fool) is originally a male ass. It is a nickname or familiar term of address in jack frost, i'm all right jack, and jack tar, a rather old-fashioned term for a sailor in which tar is short for tarpaulin (canvas covered with tar) in reference to the extensive use of tar by sailors in times past. A jack is also something taking the place of a man to save labour, as in car-jack, etc.
And here's another fact!
The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.
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