"Enjoy my docility while it lasts bipeds!"

"Keen as mustard"

That's a new one to me.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.


I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.

Definition 1 c) is where it comes from.

Definition of KEEN - Merriam-Webster online

1 a : having a fine edge or point : sharp
b : affecting one as if by cutting <keen sarcasm>
c : pungent to the sense

But maybe Keane just exploited the coincidence, I don't know.




>> ^CrushBug:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.

I seriously don't understand why that last sentence above is greyed out, I didn't intend sarcasm.

It's Keen's Mustard (try a google image search on that exact phrase) after Thomas Keen, founder of the company (born in 1801, quite a while after Jimbo's big bag'o'trivia has him founding the company). See http://mccormick.com.au/keens/history/mustard-history.aspx

McCormick have bought the Australian rights to the name.
>> ^jqpublick:

Definition 1 c) is where it comes from.
Definition of KEEN - Merriam-Webster online
1 a : having a fine edge or point : sharp
b : affecting one as if by cutting <keen sarcasm>
c : pungent to the sense
But maybe Keane just exploited the coincidence, I don't know.


>> ^CrushBug:
>> ^Boise_Lib:
"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.

it's so cute.... it's a shame they then grow up to be really vicious dangerous beasts.

According to QI they don't actually swim, they just walk along the bottom. Title fail.

This phrase is common "downunder". If you want some real Aussie (pronounced AuZZie for you Americans ) slang, try asking for some "Dead Horse" (which somehow means tomato sauce) on your pie.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

>> ^CrushBug:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.


Except that the phrase "As keen as mustard" predates the establishment of Keen & Sons by at least 70 years.

>> ^DrNoodles:

try asking for some "Dead Horse" (which somehow means tomato sauce) on your pie.


Your pie will of course correctly contain meat, not fruit or other such absurdity.