旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Phrase Craze! � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � * To have hold of the wrong end of the stick - the phrase means to have � � the wrong slant on things. In the sixteenth century the stick meant � � a staff and the writer who wrote "the worse end of the staff," made it � � clear that the wrong end of the staff meant you were the punished rather � � than the punisher. In the nineteenth century the phrase came to mean � � being on the wrong end, not receiving what is fully deserved or getting � � only the left-overs instead of the whole pie. � � * Lean over backward - In the eighteenth century the legal scales were � � weighted heavily against the accused person. Judges had the reputation � � of administering high-handed justice that was unfair and prejudice. But � � when a new political wave swept through the land, judges began leaning � � over backwards or became overly concerned with the civil rights of the � � accused person. The phrase for such a judge came to be a lean over judge.� � * "Alea est jacta!" as Julius Caesar said - in English it means the die � � is cast. The meaning of which is the plan has been made and there is � � no turning back. The words were first stated, according to historians by� � Julius Caesar in 49 B.C. Caesar uttered these words, it is believed, � � when he decided to march to Rome to protect himself from the machinations� � of Pompey. � � What phrase do you want to know about? Write us: see info page for address� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸