Sunday, October 4, 2009

man I hate the shot I would be happy as a clam if I didn't have to have it I wonder how the saying happy as a clam came about
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  1. Karen WinfieldOctober 5, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    According to phrases.org.uk:

    It has been suggested that open clams give the appearance of smiling. The derivation is more likely to come from the fuller version of the phrase, now rarely heard - 'as happy as a clam at high water'. Hide tide is when clams are free from the attentions of predators; surely the happiest of times in the bivalve mollusc world. The phrase originated in the north-eastern states of the USA in the early 19th century.

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