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Old Man Gordon Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Military jargon in daily speech
I was teaching about the theme of military phrases used in daily life, and I learned an interesting thing.
There's a phrase, 'bite the bullet', which means to do something you really don't want to do but must. There is a debate about the origin. I had assumed the origin was the biting of a bullet as a replacement for medical anasthetic, but some argue that it comes from the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, in which the Muslim and Hindu fighters were forced to hold pork-greased bullets in their mouths while loading their rifles. I had never heard that before.
Which military phrases do you hear often, especially in business settings?
There's a phrase, 'bite the bullet', which means to do something you really don't want to do but must. There is a debate about the origin. I had assumed the origin was the biting of a bullet as a replacement for medical anasthetic, but some argue that it comes from the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, in which the Muslim and Hindu fighters were forced to hold pork-greased bullets in their mouths while loading their rifles. I had never heard that before.
Which military phrases do you hear often, especially in business settings?
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It has nothing to do with the Sepoy Rebellion: Meaning : Endure pain with fortitude. First recorded in print in Kipling's Light that Failed , 1891. ...
- It has nothing to do with the Sepoy Rebellion: Meaning : Endure pain with fortitude.
- First recorded in print in Kipling's Light that Failed , 1891.
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- 'Going to sleep by you.
- ' The voice rose to a wail.
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It has nothing to do with the Sepoy Rebellion:
Meaning : Endure pain with fortitude.
Origin In the days before effective anesthetics soldiers were given bullets to bite on to help them endure pain.First recorded in print in Kipling's Light that Failed, 1891. .
Meaning : Endure pain with fortitude.
Origin In the days before effective anesthetics soldiers were given bullets to bite on to help them endure pain.First recorded in print in Kipling's Light that Failed, 1891. .
...'Going to sleep by you. Lie down now; you'll be better in the morning.'
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