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How did the expression "go fly a kite" originate?

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According to The Toronto Star -- April 4, 1993, Sunday, FINAL EDITION:

The phrase - loosely meaning go do something futile - originated during the stock market crash of 1929.

It referred to "the useless bits of paper being tossed out the window" after the crash, she explains.



link http://www.kites.tug.com/Archive/kites/potpourri/go.fly.a.kite

Dec 13 2007, 8:35 PM
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