Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The History of English Podcast
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Tindal's Translation of the Old Testament
In most cases, those phrases and idioms originated with william tyndale in the early 15 hundreds. They've been preserved over the centuries in the various translations of the bible that have been produced since then. For example, if some one is attacked or criticised, you tell that person to turn the other cheek. The saying is derived from a passage in the book of matthew wickliffe used the word show instead of turn. In tinda translation, he wrote, judge not that ye be not judged, which is the same language preserved in the king james bible.
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