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What is the origin of the common phrase losing your marbles?
The word 'marbles' has had many meanings throughout history. Marbles are generally known as the little glass balls that children use to play a game. From the mid 19th century, 'marbles' was also used to mean 'personal effects', 'goods', or more generally 'stuff'. This derived from the French word 'meubles', which means 'furniture'. Therefore, to lose one's marbles means "to lose your stuff," or, idomatically, to lose one's mind.
What game has a clear plastic tower and has plastic sticks with marbles on them and you either try to get or prevent the marbles to fall I forget which?
Kerplunk ! I love that game. and you try to get as many sticks out without getting marbles and if you do try not to get to much because if you have the most at the end of the game you lose.
If Tim lost one-eighth of his marbles and he had 56 how many did he lose?
1/8 of 56 is 7 since 7x8=56 So Tim lost 7 marbles.
What does the phrase this is for all the marbles mean?
Winner takes all
Jerry has a total of 23 marbles the marbles are either blue or green he has three more blue marbles than green marbles how many marbles does he have?
He will have 13 blue marbles and 10 green marbles.
What does the idiom lose your marbles mean?
The idiom, "You lost your marbles," means that you've gone crazy.
What is the origin of the common phrase losing your marbles?
The word 'marbles' has had many meanings throughout history. Marbles are generally known as the little glass balls that children use to play a game. From the mid 19th century, 'marbles' was also used to mean 'personal effects', 'goods', or more generally 'stuff'. This derived from the French word 'meubles', which means 'furniture'. Therefore, to lose one's marbles means "to lose your stuff," or, idomatically, to lose one's mind.
What makes Marbles so much fun?
Playing marbles is so much fun when you accumulate many marbles. There is little, or no fun, when you lose your marbles!
What game has a clear plastic tower and has plastic sticks with marbles on them and you either try to get or prevent the marbles to fall I forget which?
Kerplunk ! I love that game. and you try to get as many sticks out without getting marbles and if you do try not to get to much because if you have the most at the end of the game you lose.
If Tim lost one-eighth of his marbles and he had 56 how many did he lose?
1/8 of 56 is 7 since 7x8=56 So Tim lost 7 marbles.
What does ratio mean in a math problem?
it means a number verses another number, like a fraction Here;s an example you have 10 white marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 7 green marbles. what is the ratio of green marbles to the total amount of marbles? hat you do is look at the green marbles, and in this case, there are 7. Now add up all the marbles, which is 20. Your ratio is then 7:20.
Which car will move first if their are 15 marbles while the other has 10 marbles?
I presume you mean they're on a slope. In which case, the car with the most marbles will move first, because it's heavier.
What does the phrase this is for all the marbles mean?
Winner takes all
What does the phrase playing for keeps mean?
To be serious about something you are doing. Like the game of marbles where the winner gets to actually keep all the marbles.
What is the probability of winning at craps?
The odds are set so that the longer you play, the more probable it is you will lose. Its like betting on a jar with a thousand marbles in it. 600 of the marbles are black and 400 are white. You bet $1 each time a marble is picked and your bet is that a white marble will be picked. If a white marble is picked, you get your $1 back plus an additional $1. As the marbles are being picked, you may be winning at times but ultimately you will lose $200 because there are 200 more black marbles than white marbles. This may seem very simplistic but it is exactly what happens when you play craps.
What does sulagna mean?
nutcase. otherwise known as one who has lost their marbles
Jerry has a total of 23 marbles the marbles are either blue or green he has three more blue marbles than green marbles how many marbles does he have?
He will have 13 blue marbles and 10 green marbles.
