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Have you ever heard "guaranteed with lemon"?

Let's find out the origin of this popular saying

Have you ever heard your grandparents the popular saying "guaranteed with lemon"?

Yes, no.. Never mind. It's Tuscany tells you where does this figure of speech.

"Guaranteed with lemon" comes from an old television commercial carousel timeswhen commercials were veritable animated vignettes, almost mini-movies.

The commercial starred the dishwashing liquid to lemon Last, whose slogan read: "clean and shiny lemon guarantee" to emphasize the main feature of the product regarding its degreasing properties thanks to the lemon.

A jingle entered in the minds of many that over time has become a real expression. Although in fact many years have passed, yet today some Grandma or Grandpa still uses it. actually this saying is not typical of Tuscany but has joined the popular jargon. The language is in fact something that over time changes and evolves, and this is a nice example to tell.

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