One of the fun things I like to do with my students is teach them word/phrase origins. This is one you can many times in life. Maybe the next time your significant other upsets you too much! hahaha.

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If you enjoy this you may like a couple other of my short word origin lectures

Draconian!    • Draconian!  What does that word mean?...  

Pyrrhic victory:    • Two minute history, What is a Pyrrhic...  

I have a much more detailed lecture about the Fall of the Roman Republic here:    • Fall of the Roman Republic