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Where Did the Saying I'll Eat My Hat Come From? (2017x224)
Data de estreia: Set 17, 2017
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In this video:
“I’ll eat my hat” is an utterance commonly used when a person is absolutely certain that something will not happen. But where did this unusual phrase first originate and have there ever been any recorded instances of people actually eating their hats after being proven wrong?
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Sources:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/eat-my-hat.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32634103
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/i-ll-eat-my-hat
http://www.bloomsbury-international.com/en/student-ezone/idiom-of-the-week/list-of-itioms/108-eat-my-hat.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B9TgbLeF1eMC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=Homer+Travestie+eat+my+hat&source=bl&ots=03FDw_TRxC&sig=WpILLdb33cVSTQS_wWwmhZT6Kbs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiw4af1l63PAhVM2xoKHcrHC-YQ6AEIOzAF#v=onepage&q=Homer%20Travestie%20eat%20my%20hat&f=false
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/10728786/Man-eats-his-hat-after-losing-Bitcoin-bet.html
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/eatcrow.htm
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