We opened the very first rock climbing gym in America in 1987 on Elliott Ave in Seattle. The gym was no more than rocks glued to painted plywood panels.
shake a leg in British English. old-fashioned informal âº used to âtell someone to âhurry or âact more âquickly: Come on, Nick, shake a âleg or we'll never be âready in âtime.
'Rule of thumb': This apparently innocent phrase actually refers to a 19th Century ruling which said a man was entitled to beat his wife with a stick - provided it was no thicker than his thumb. If you were to learn the true origin of the phrase 'gone to pot', you might suspect somebody was 'pulling your leg'.