“I like the cut of your jib” is a saying that came
from a sailing reference in the 1700s when ships were identified as friend or
foe by the cuts of their jibs or what I know as a sail and, while we’re at it
the term “white elephant sale” comes from a legend that the King of Siam (Thailand)
had a habit of gifting rare albino elephants to those who displeased him
because the upkeep costs would financially ruin them.