Did you know…?
…that ‘touch and go’ came from 1800s. Ships would
come close to touching the bottom of the sea while in shallow water. These
dangerous situations sometimes ended with narrow escapes. If the ships touched
the bottom but managed to go on, it had survived a ‘touch-and-go’ situation.
This also applied to horse carriages when there was a narrow escape after the
wheels of two carriages touched.
Today it means any uncertain risky situation.
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