"black as Caesar's tail"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 4/10/07, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at umr.edu> wrote:
>
> Just a guess:  Maybe the expression referred to "Black
> Caesar's  tale," with "tale" later misinterpreted as "tail."

Sounds like an old wive's tail.


--Ben Zimmer

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