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    How did the expression "go fly a kite" originate?

    Question #89833. Asked by star_gazer. (Dec 13 07 7:11 PM)


    zbeckabee

    According to The Toronto Star -- April 4, 1993, Sunday, FINAL EDITION:

    The phrase - loosely meaning go do something futile - originated during the stock market crash of 1929.

    It referred to "the useless bits of paper being tossed out the window" after the crash, she explains.



    http://www.kites.tug.com/Archive/kites/potpourri/go.fly.a.kite


    Dec 13 07, 8:35 PM


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