Greetings from St. Lou -
"A curse on both your houses" sounds like Shakespeare - perhaps Romeo & Juliet? Maybe I ought to Google it! :D
Ainsley | Homepage | 07.29.05 - 12:45 pm | #

That's so funny... So, Anne, how *do* you fry up cats, anyway?
Megan | Homepage | 07.29.05 - 2:37 pm | #

Megan, I admit I'm not at all fond of cats, but I certainly don't advocate eating them! I guess a turkey fryer would be the easiest way to fry them up, though...

Ains, I know I've heard that phrase before, too. Maybe it is Shakespeare. I'm not going to Google it, though. I'd probably end up on some weird homeschooling mom's website!
Anne | Homepage | 07.29.05 - 4:06 pm | #

I gave in! from http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanin...ings/ 14450.html

Meaning

Frustrated curse on both sides of an argument.

Origin

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.


MERCUTIO I am hurt.
A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.
Is he gone, and hath nothing?

Shakespeare was fond of the word plague and used it hundreds of times in the plays. Surprisingly, as the Bible is the other most promiment source of phrases that have entered the English language, there isn't a single reference to it in his plays.
Ainsley | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 4:50 am | #

Thanks, Ainsley. That's my "learn something new" for the day!
Anne | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 9:14 am | #