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In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule
Of thumb'
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In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.
Hence we have 'the rule
Of thumb'
Thought rule of thumb had either to do with a "green thumb" or something to do with measurements, the length of an average thumb, maybe?