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"Bring Home the Bacon": Why Success Has Always Been a Little Salty - Phrasicle Lore What does it mean to 'bring home the bacon'? Explore the tasty history of this phrase—from medieval prizes to modern paychecks.

🥓💰 Ever wonder why "bringing home the bacon" means earning a paycheck?

From medieval meat prizes to 20th-century prizefighting, this phrase has sizzled through the centuries.

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The Oikofuge: Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh … and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. Matthew 2:11 ɡəʊld Gold: The most precious metal, characterized by its yellow colo…

More festive etymology. The etymological connections of "gold", "frankincense" and "myrrh".

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A greyish-brown, countershaded Guanlong as illustrated by Ink-Mug on DeviantArt.

Did you know many #dinosaurs have dragon names? Specifically, the suffix -long associated with Chinese dinos means "dragon". For instance: Guanlong (pictured below) = "the crown dragon", Yinlong = "the hidden dragon", etc. #paleontology #science #etmology

#PaleoArt by Ink-Mug on DeviantArt