Why do we call this kind of apple Granny Smith? Because the name was taken from the Australian gardener Maria Ann Smith, also known as Granny Smith. She was the one who first grew the apple in Sydney in the 1860s
Do you know the story behind these words?
Angel
Atlas
Barbecue
Bikini
Biscuit
Black box
Bobby
Bug
Calendar
Candidate
Cardigan
Carnival
Christmas
Clock
Cop
Deadline
Digit
Dollar
Easter
Ghost
Gossip
Granny Smith
Handicap
Hazard
Hermetic
Hippopotamus
Honeymoon
Hooligan
Hot dog
Husband
Jeans
Jeep
Kangaroo
Knight
Marathon
Money
Nightmare
OK
Orange
Oscar
Picnic
Poker
Pound / lb
Pumpkin
Referee
Robot
Sandwich
Secretary
Shark
Soccer
Teddy Bear
Toast
Trailer
Tycoon
Xmas
Yankee
And what about these idioms?
A cock and bull story
A white elephant
As easy as pie
As mad as a March hare
At sixes and sevens
Black Friday
Crocodile tears
It's raining cats and dogs
Never look a gift-horse in the mouth
Once in a blue moon
Over the moon
Red-letter day
The black sheep
To bark up the wrong tree
To catch someone red-handed
To cut the mustard
To have seen the elephant
To have seen the lions
To jump the gun
To let the cat out of the bag
To push the envelope
To talk/speak of the devil
