Nellie was never discovered. People have said that the name Nellie was added after negative for the use of alliteration.
But other sayings like Chatty Cathy, do originate from something. Chatty Cathy, has the name Cathy because the first talking dolls name was Cathy. With a string attached to her back to pull to hear her speak, she was named "Chatty Cathy". Researchers are still looking for who or what Nellie was, but as right now, the answer is there isn't a origination.
Ever heard the phrase, "Whoa, Nellie"? Nell, or Nellie, was an late 19th to early 20th century nickname for a female horse. It was particularly applied to one hitched to a wagon or buggy, probably because those mares were either the only one owned by the household or were the horse most tamed for the harness. Remember, this was the world before and on the cusp of the automobile. A horse was very important for transportation. Being close to the family, much like a pet, the horse would tend to be called by a name; a common name for a mare was Nell, or at least it was common enough that if you referred to a mare, you might use the term Nell. Horses can be jumpy or anxious in novel or quickly changing situations, a characteristic of the crowding of small towns and cities during this era. The horse could always be surprised or frightened by something around the next corner, or the ever changing activity around them. Hence the term Nervous Nellie came to be applied to a horse when it became jumpy in these situations.
In the early 20th century, Nellie was a nickname for a female horse. A skittish horse was known as a nervous one, hence, nervous Nellie.
From the Japanese phrase Kontich alabien tuas meah tuerban eiz durchty imae nellie. It originated back in the 1870's where one of the first japenese named their child nellie. It was not normal and was unique. The press decided to publicise this nellie child in order to make the family rich. This was because they used to earn money rolling apples down a hill. LOL. behold nellie
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The adjective is nervous (you are nervous) but the idiomatic phrase uses the plural noun, as "you're getting on my nerves."
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
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because a horse is sometimes called a nellie and horses tend to act nervous around humans
back in the carthorse days...nellie was common name for horses so maybe that is where the term came from since horses are high strung and nervous
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
From the Japanese phrase Kontich alabien tuas meah tuerban eiz durchty imae nellie. It originated back in the 1870's where one of the first japenese named their child nellie. It was not normal and was unique. The press decided to publicise this nellie child in order to make the family rich. This was because they used to earn money rolling apples down a hill. LOL. behold nellie
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There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
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The adjective is nervous (you are nervous) but the idiomatic phrase uses the plural noun, as "you're getting on my nerves."
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
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