I was a reading a book today, in Spanish (I'm reading Spanish again! yay!), and I came across the phrase "sangre azul" (literally "blue blood"). So then I wondered about the English phrase and how it came to mean people of the aristocracy. Technically everyone's blood is blue when it's inside them; it only turns red when exposed to the air, hence
(
Read more... )
Comments 4
Reply
There's a few more on my OED tag and I wrote about some cool words on a work post once, too.
Reply
See, I didn't even know that. Fascinating indeed!
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment