Fun Hat Quiz Answers

Try your skill on the quiz - Don't Look go back to yesterday's post
(revised)

1. "Keep it under your hat"
2. Passing the hat around - collecting money for someone for charity or at a performance
3. Take one's hat off to someone - for an accomplishment - "Hats off to Larry" Del Shannon for example.
   
4. "Talking through your hat"
5. Doing it at "the drop of a (your) hat"
6. Going to someone "hat in hand"
7. A "tile" is a gentleman's Hat - from the late 19th century early 20th century- thought to be a Top Hat from the song "Where did you get that hat, where did you get that Tile?"
8. To "Throw your hat into the ring"
9. To tip or briefly remove your hat as a gesture of respect
10. "Titfer" is slang for hat - tit for tat
11. "Knock into a cocked hat" - well a bit lost in translation!
12. Wooly hat and scarf is "laugh"
13. When I get on "My High Hat"I am being snobbish presumably referring to high class top hats in the 19th century.
    
14. To "wear many hats".
15. If you say that you will "Eat your hat" if something does or does not happen you are sure since it would not be too appetizing.
    
16. "Old Hat"
    
17. "Hang or hold on to your hat if you are in for a big surprise". This could refer to an Edwardian Lady who chose to wear her hat at a fun fair!
18. "All hat and no cattle" - do you know a Texan who is like that?
19. A "cocked hat"is a very untrustworthy person - an informer, a rat or a "grasser"
20. Three goals is a "hat trick" - it has been used in other arenas

How did you do? - Sorry for my duplicates in the original quiz.