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Subject:Re: tan: bold vs. bald From:Sue Stewart <suepstewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 7 Mar 1994 20:39:29 EST
Well, I think I've heard both, but always thought "bald-faced" was the
original, "bold" the corruption. (If an idiom can be said to be corrupted,
that is.)
My understanding was that it was "Bald-faced" as in "bare-faced"--totally
uncovered, not making any attempt to conceal, so sure of one's ability to
deceive that there's no need to try.
