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It was supposed to have been said by a Civil War general originally, but Willie Nelson used the saying for a song. It's an old cowboy barroom toast I've heard all my life
Horses actually love warm beer. It's the barley and hops that does it. Race horses are regularly fed a bottle of beer in the evenings.
It was supposed to have been said by a Civil War general originally, but Willie Nelson used the saying for a song. It's an old cowboy barroom toast I've heard all my life
Horses actually love warm beer. It's the barley and hops that does it. Race horses are regularly fed a bottle of beer in the evenings.
I'm thinking this expression has a source that someone here knows and will post? Might it have started in the military, maybe something to do with standing at attention?
Anyway, my usage would be to encourage someone to "keep their chin up" when the going gets tough..
I'm thinking this expression has a source that someone here knows and will post? Might it have started in the military, maybe something to do with standing at attention?
Anyway, my usage would be to encourage someone to "keep their chin up" when the going gets tough..
First use 1900s. An American Victorian phrase:
"Keep your chin up. Don't take your troubles to bed with you -
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