What does the phrase mind your p’s and q’s mean and where does it come from? Trevor Bryden’s latest cartoon illustrates the origin of this phrase.
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What does the phrase mind your p’s and q’s mean and where does it come from? Trevor Bryden’s latest cartoon illustrates the origin of this phrase.
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Very creative illustration of the origin of the phrase in question 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
Mind your P’s and Q’s means ‘ Mind your own business’
Thank you.
actually, i can’t understand at all!!!
Illustrated very clearly. Thanks.
I thought it meant : mind (don’t forget) to use your manners.
I’ve been told that the phrase reffered to pubs running a tab for their regulars and that the barkeep would keep a running record where P stood for pint and q for quart. So that minding your p’s and q’s meant that you kept track of how much you owed on your tab/ line of credit.
I never knew I just came up with my owns meaning mind your PS n Q’s meaning in every interaction or situation throughout the day thru experience I have developed a set of Paranoia Questions to test the integrity of all situations relationships or interactions that you deal with on a day to day basis so I know if I would like to trust or even indulge myself into the information given by interactions or situations faced …..
What are the words in the gray smoke???GROAN what???
Groan – my head hurts