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Hello Marina. I had heard that the phrase, …

Comment posted on Break a Leg by davkobza

Hello Marina. I had heard that the phrase, ‘Break a Leg…” had developed from the success of one’s performance in that when a crowd was not pleased it threw tomatoes, but when they really loved it, they gave you flowers. In response the performer would bend down to accept the roses, hence the phrase ‘break’ (to bend one’s leg) a leg…

I this not accurate? Source material’s origins can be distorted and/or obfuscated depending on the source and their subjective interpretation…http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

Just curious.

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