Random research

[jmtorres]

I was actually trying to find the earliest reference of the phrase "hourglass figure" (without much luck--anyone got any idea?) when I found this page:

Jolly Roger. Apparently our standard skull and crossbones wasn't the commonest pirate flag.

Comments

[jmtorres.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's not considered a "phrase" so much as a cliché metaphor? *thinks*