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Story behind idiom " break the ice"

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While some might connect the idiom to the 18th century when special ice-breaking ships were built to help explore he polar regions, the first recorded use actually goes back to the 17th century (1678) when Samuel Butler used it in his poem Hudibras. "The Oratour - At last broke silence, and the Ice."

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