旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Phrase Craze! Page 21 � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 � * Skeleton in the closet: to hide something, generally a deep dark secret � � of a family. No one is certain how this phrase came about. The first � � known written form of the phrase was in 1845 in The Oxford English � � Dictionary. The first time it appeared in any story was in William � � Makepeace Thackeray when he used it in a story submitted and printed in � � a magazine called Punch. � � * Johnny-come-lately: someone who arrives late or someone who is not very � � experienced, or a newcomer. The usage of this phrase first appeared in � � 1839 when journalist Charles F. Briggs wrote it in "The Adventures of � � Harry Franco." It was used originally when identifying a new sailor on � � board a ship; generally called a Johnny Newcome, it soon was converted � � to our current phrase of today. � � * Betting on a dark horse: of course this term comes to us from the rac- � � ing world. But the meaning may be surprising to you. It was originally � � used to describe a horse that had been kept under-wraps and his qualities� � a secret. The phrase was first used by Benjamin Disraeli in "The Young � � Duke" in 1831. It has come to mean something else entirely today. The � � phrase has now come to mean someone or anything that was not counted up- � � on. In political worlds it has come to mean the candidate that isn't � � likely to win. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸