APAD: It will all come out in the wash

Meaning: Things will work out/We'll find out the truth sooner or later - and

there's no point worrying about it now.

 

Background: This expression alludes to the power of washing to restore the

appearance of clothes to their original state.

 

The earliest recorded use of this sentiment is in Don Quixote by Miguel de

Cervantes (1605): 'All will away in the bucking.'

 

To 'buck' cloth was to steep it in lye as a form of bleaching.

 

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I wondered where they found that meaning of 'buck.' Moreover, as Don Quixote

came first in Spanish, 'All will away in the bucking' must be from one

translation which could be so taken for granted that there was no need to

mention it.

 

I thought of three simiar phrases. "Whatever will be, will be" sounds resigned

or even defeated, and "Hakuna Matata" oblivious and carefree. "We will cross the

bridge when we come to it" implies anxiety and something at stake.

 

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• The most profound meaning 2 me, 1$coin, male deer/antelope -移花接木- ♂ (26 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 08:46:38

• Was it a buck or duck on the loonie? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 08:50:29

• neither , it's loon -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:49:49

• Good to know the distinction. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 15:44:49

• buck , slang for one dollar -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 11:09:10

• "coin" led me guessing a quadruped image on one side -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 13:48:40

• 噗哧！！the other side of a loonie is her majesty -移花接木- ♂ (4549 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 14:06:54

• the quadruped is a reindeer/caribou, on a quarter, -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 14:11:10

• likely a buck, but only showing a head -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 14:48:15

• Thank you! -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 15:38:15

• bad, should have dropped the 'coin' -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 14:55:57

• Like Cinderella -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 08:49:17

• Yes and almost any mystery story. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:38:24

• 车到山前必有路？ -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:30:12

• More like 总有一天，真相大白。 -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:39:45

• +100086，水落石出！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:59:19

• interesting (and I mean it ;-), as it does sound like Don Q. -最西边的岛上- ♀ (399 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:48:25

• I've intended to but never read the book! -7grizzly- ♂ (51 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 10:13:02

• 水落石出 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:55:27

• E.g., at the end of a Sherlock Holmes story :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 10:15:50

• Buck这个意思没有查到：）非常感谢你对每个proverb的背景介绍，这个也是，帮助理解！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 09:58:44

• Will try the OED some day. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 10:14:11

• It is what it is? -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 19:46:35

• 水落石出？ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/27/2024 postreply 19:47:09

• Right but used more as an assertion. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/28/2024 postreply 09:11:36