the term saved by the bell actually originated in boxing, where a boxer who is still on their feet but close to being knocked down can be saved from losing by the bell.
the term saved by the bell actually originated in boxing, where a boxer who is still on their feet but close to being knocked down can be saved from losing by the bell.
where did the term saved by the bell actually originate?
a boxer who is still on their feet but close to being knocked down can be saved from losing by the bell
folk etymology has suggested that perhaps the phrases "saved by the bell", "dead ringer" and "graveyard shift" come from the use of safety coffins in the victorian era; however, these have been dispelled as urban myth, attributed to a linguistic e-mail hoax "life in the 1500s". the "saved by the bell" expression is actually well established to have come from boxing, where a boxer who is still on their feet but close to being knocked down can be saved from losing by the bell ringing to indicate the end of the round.









































section::::in popular culture.
safety coffin
socially, two notable traits of puppeteers are their racial/cultural penchant for cowardice and their tendency to congregate in herds. the cowardice is thought in puppeteer society to originate with the puppeteer instinct for turning one's back on danger. however, the trait is thought by many to actually originate from their herd instinct, as the instinct to turn one's back is linked to an instinct to kick the hind hoof at an attacker. in "ringworld", when nessus and the expeditionaries are threatened, the puppeteer defends himself quite effectively:
pierson's puppeteers