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origin this idiom has nothing to do with shoes, but rather the act of "shoo-ing." for example, we often "shoo away" flies or birds. the word shoo' has been around since the th century and is related to the german word scheuchen, meaning "to drive away." rather than flies (or children), however, the expression
comes to us from horse racing during the late 's and into the early 's. a shoo-in, rather than a legitimate victory, involved fixed races. in horse racing, a shoo-in involved a group of racers betting on a horse that was not very likely to win and so was given long odds. then, during the race, the riders...
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