This expression refers to a benefit from an unexpected event. It was, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary, a literal reference “…to wood or fruit blown down by the wind, and thus free to all.” It originated as early as the 1540s.
This expression refers to a benefit from an unexpected event. It was, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary, a literal reference “…to wood or fruit blown down by the wind, and thus free to all.” It originated as early as the 1540s.