Explanation of “Wrong side of the tracks”
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The phrase “wrong side of the tracks” comes from the days that coal powered engines would put more thick black smoke on one side of the tracks than the other. Almost a century later it would be employed to describe Molly Ringwald in “Pretty in Pink.”
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April 7th, 2006 at 8:37 am
I like this new “Now you know” feature. Maybe you can help me with the roots of the expression: “A bug must have crawled up his butt and died.” I’ve always wondered.
April 7th, 2006 at 8:42 am
I can’t figure out where “Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater” came from. Does that actually happen?
April 7th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Franz, I don’t think that ever actually happened. But I do know a guy who was once so strung out on PCP that he cut off his nose to spite his face.
April 7th, 2006 at 9:31 am
“Wrong Side of the Tracks”, If my geography iz correct, iz only ’bout a stones throw from “Down in the Boondocks” ain’t it?
BJ Royal
April 8th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
Insider, this would be a good time to start tapering.
April 10th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
Molly Ringwald, with a “d”. Spell it right if you want to tap into all that Molly Ringwald traffic.
April 12th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
I’m just catching up on all the IS stories I haven’t been privvy to since defecting from the 9th level of hell…and now I’m posting under Duckie Dale (maybe)!? Insider, I think you just made my Wednesday