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Log in or sign up in seconds. Forgive me if this is not fit for this sub and mods please remove if so. Welcome to Reddit, the front page of the internet. I thought it'd be fun to explore endings to this common English phrase and how they came about, as well as possible equivalents in other languages. From what I can determine, this expression is derived from the phenomenon of racehorses urinating immediately before a race -- racehorses, apparently, were given a powerful diuretic, presumably to shed "ballast" and make them slightly faster. Visit a racetrack and you will understand this origin — with horses it's like turning on a faucet and more so for racehorses for the reasons mentioned below.

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