Phrase guide
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phrase
Expressing that an implied individual has ceased being pleasant, and will now resort to unpleasant means to attain their objectives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
The phrase was originated by Walter Winchell in 1960. He wrote a syndicated show-business column in newspapers entitled On-Broadway, wherein he told a joke about Adolf Hitler using the phrase when the Soviets invaded Berlin in 1945. The phrase was later popularized in the Alice Cooper song of the same name.
