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Foot of the stairs
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Many elderly people I know say "Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs" when they are told something which suprises them.
I presume it's said in the sense that they will go and tell someone else what they just heard, but does anyone know where this came from?
I presume it's said in the sense that they will go and tell someone else what they just heard, but does anyone know where this came from?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.�Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs' is a euphemism for a much stronger expression of surprise, just as �Cor blimey!' is an acceptable version of �God blind me!' The word �foot' was probably chosen to chime with the 'f' of a strong swear-word, with the �of our stairs' just tagged on to make some sense. The whole thing is likely, in other words, to be just a polite version of "Well, I'll go to f*&@!"