It was probably a joke and a smart and funny term in the 1920s :) Now it is just an idiom that you (almost) not notice. I often find it fascinating when peculiar things like that freezes in its form. I of course mostly notice in other languages where I am not as used to the imagery used.
It was probably a joke and a smart and funny term in the 1920s :) Now it is just an idiom that you (almost) not notice. I often find it fascinating when peculiar things like that freezes in its form. I of course mostly notice in other languages where I am not as used to the imagery used.