A little tidbit that I learned recently: the phrase ‘break a leg’ comes from the fact that the devices which raise and lower the curtains in a theatre are called ‘legs’. The idea was, a show would have so many encores that one of the legs would break from the strain.
A little tidbit that I learned recently: the phrase ‘break a leg’ comes from the fact that the devices which raise and lower the curtains in a theatre are called ‘legs’. The idea was, a show would have so many encores that one of the legs would break from the strain.