Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bottle

Looking for a needle in a bottle of hay. Looking for a very small article amidst a mass of other things. Bottle is a diminutive of the French botte, a bundle; as botte de foin, a bundle of hay.

Hang me in a bottle.
(See Cat.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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