Guess the Phrase I - Definitions (These are the Clues)

[samvara]

Origin: When gold and silver coins were common currency, the value of a coin equalled the value of the gold or silver in it. To obtain smaller units of currency, coins would be broken into pieces.
Definition: Destroyed

Origin: Sailors boiled down and stored the fat remains of their salted beef rations, then sold the grease to span and candle makers to make extra money.
Definition: Money set aside for an undesignated purpose, often corrupt or illegal.

Origin: Coined in 1954, this term was used to describe how weapons funding and America’s security could be maintained for a much lower cost than in past years
Definition: Value for your money.

Origin: Likely from old-time travelling carnivals where you could spin the wheel of fortune to win a cigar. But if you lost, the barker let everyone know it, with this now-famous phrase.
Definition: To lose by a small margin

Origin: In the 1200s, bakers would sell their excess bread to street vendors. Since English law strictly regulated the price, size and weight of bread, the middlemen earned their profit by receiving an extra loaf from the baker.
Definition: Thirteen

Comments

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Yay! You kept your first choices - some were inspired and I hated to see them vanish.