旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Phrase Craze! Page 30 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � * To add insult to injury: This phrase means to add scorn to an injury � � someone has already sustained. Reportedly this phrase first appeared in � � Latin: iniuriae qui addideris contumeliam, which means "injury added to � � insult." In the first century A.D. in the fifth book of Roman fables the� � expression first appeared. � � * To stick to one's guns: to remain despite obstacles, persevere. Samuel � � Warren wrote this phrase for the first time in literature in 1839. The � � novel was Ten Thousand A Year. Its origin stems from the military. � � * Hocus-Pocus: to be deceived or flim-flammed. The phrase was first in � � print in 1656 when Thomas Ady used it in "A Candle In the Dark." Though � � the spelling was quite different then. It was hokos pokos, not hocus � � pocus. � � * Making one's hair stand on end: to cause fright or terrify. This could � � represent a physical reaction also, when one becomes frightened. The � � first written record of the phrase appears in John Palsgrave's book � � "Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse" in 1530. � � * To make a mountain out of a molehill: Making a big thing out of some- � � thing that is relatively minor. The phrase was first used by a Greek � � writer, Lucian in 1258(? year uncertain). It came back to usage again in� � 1570 and has stayed with us since. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸