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Nea
@bookishnea.bsky.social
Jane Austen, Good Omens, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes fan. Occasionally a stoic philosopher, often a writer, currently a quilter. Trying to post more books, less politics.
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“Completely put paid to this notion” means “thoroughly and finally disproves this theory.” I don’t know where the idiom came from.
The origin of the phrase supposedly comes from the practice of stamping 'PAID' onto a bill which has been settled, finalising it.
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Nea
@bookishnea.bsky.social
Jane Austen, Good Omens, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes fan. Occasionally a stoic philosopher, often a writer, currently a quilter. Trying to post more books, less politics.
177 followers102 following1.3k posts