"saying" origins

[pikachupacabra]

For example... "long in the tooth". Does that just come from saying someone is old because their teeth have had a lot of time to grow? :rolleyes:

[thaite]

It comes from the days before oral hygiene. As people got older, their gums would begin to recede, exposing more and more of the root, thereby making their teeth appear longer.

[pikachupacabra]

Ahh...thanks dude. Thats pretty f-ing nasty btw.


I feel like i had a bunch I had questions about, but now it all escapes me.