Show a OW IT 0 a OH by JEAN NEWTON 1 TO GO TO POT E S GONE all to pot we hear bear cabout 1 about a man who has suffered a breakdown perhaps nervous perhaps physical more likely both for g ne to pot is synonymous with gone to pieces broken down and we migi t use other terms such as dis integrated wreckage flotsam 1 walle it may have appeared at first sight to be rather obscure the meta elior Is obvious when it Is pointed out that the allusion Is to the receptacle into which worthless aud and discarded odds and ends are thrown the things tl at have gone to pieces the expression Is a very old one its first recorded use being traced back as far as 1581 in nat woodes condict of conscience D 1932 bell dell syndicate service |