Archives on P's and Q's

Posted by Stan October 30, 2002In reply to Archives on P's and Q's posted by R. Berg on October 30, 2002

"Mind your P's and Q's." Can someone please tell me what this means and where it originated? Thank you!

It means "Behave properly." A previous discussion contains several proposals about its origin: www.phrases.org.uk bulletin_board 13 messages 1416.html (link below).

Thank you R. Berg. I should have checked the archives first, as I just did with "There is something rotten in the state of Denmark." (Hamlet)