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Dreams had been referred to as sweet much earlier, such as in Francis Bacon's Wisdom of the Ages in 1680 (originally from 1609 in Latin, "Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Kt."), and 1709 in The Works of Sir John Suckling: Containing His Poems, Letters and Plays. Share. Improve this answer.
You need an appropriate adjective to qualify the dreams as good, pleasant, nice or lovely. Probably the most common adjective which is closely related to 'good' is the one used in the very common expression: Sweet dreams!!, used to wish a good night with pleasant dreams. See also : Sweet dreams.
A Google Books search moves the earliest documented occurrence back another few years. From a review by Jack Kroll of the film Sweet Dreams (1985) in an unidentified 1985 issue of Newsweek: At the beginning she chuckles at the macho come-on of Charlie (Ed Harris) at the bar where she's singing.
These are lyrics from the Beyoncé song "Sweet Dreams" (link to the part in question.) I've been curious about this for a while. If one considers "Till death do us part" to be correct, could this sentence be considered correct as well? Interestingly, these lyrics are changed in the album version : Not even death could make us part.
Using the word "bye" on it's own we will draw out the final "e" into almost its own syllable, like: by-eee, in sing-song fashion. Whereas at the end of "goodbye" it is clipped, like: good-by. I agree that "bye bye" is either baby talk or ironic, and if used incorrectly would be perceived as insulting; if you're unsure, don't use it.
From The Phrase Finder: "If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?" seems to be attributed to Don Meredith (the American football player/ commentator).
Mondegreens are what you get when listeners mishear words; for example when people think the song lyrics are Sweet dreams are made of cheese instead of Sweet dreams are made of these. Eggcorns are what you get when people swap homophones in phrases, such as spelling here, here H-E-A-R instead of H-E-R-E.
Having heard the phrase, "faint heart never won fair lady" for the third time in very short span, I'm determined to find out its origin. Unfortunately, when I Google, I'm getting a bunch of low-q...
2. I am familiar with the phrase Shock Horror! which is usually used ironically to announce something that is not, in fact, at all surprising. I believe it derives from the style of tabloid newspaper headlines and first occurred in the 80s, but I am wondering if there was a specific headline that actually used these words, or whether it is just ...
My take is the orgin of "skin in the game" comes from the practice of circumcision, as part of the Abrahamic covenant, such as in Genesis 17, practiced by Jews and Muslims. "Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin." (Genesis 17:24) To me this is the ultimate definition of "skin in the game!"