Where did that saying come from?

  • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Peeping Tom, being Frank, Ruthless, smart Alec. I like to think that each saying started out with a particularly notable person.

    • Acamon@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I guess like the Goths, the Franks were a barbarian tribe, who were presumably reasonably direct and… frank, compared to sophisticated imperial types.