Posted by Mike on June 05, 2004
The pattern that interests me is:
"Let us make like a [noun] and [verb]"
Usually, the phrase arises on the occasion of departure or transition. There are many clever variants, such as
"Let us make like a bakery truck and haul our buns."
The question is: what is the original phrase, of which all the others are imitations? From whence did it originate?