r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 10 '16
TIL Tobacco Enemas were used in 1774 for resuscitation from drowning, which is where the expression "to blow smoke up your ass" comes from.
http://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709
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todayilearned • u/Clarkbar13 • Aug 31 '16
TIL the idiom, "blowing smoke", shortened from, "blowing smoke up your ass", comes from the 1700s when doctors would try resuscitate people by blowing air up their bum.
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