What does it mean when something 'makes it into the books'?
does it mean that it is part of the collective knowledge of a region, or is it just part of the written literal books
does it mean that it is part of the collective knowledge of a region, or is it just part of the written literal books
The Lord Humungus.
I've never heard this phrase.
I've heard "this is one for the record books" and various phrases implying you're being kept track of in a ledger or on a list of people to kill, but I've never heard this phrase.
Marli
Or into the Guinness book of world records.
If that "something" was a financial transaction in the age before the computer, the sale (or the bet if you were a Recency beau and belonged to a gentleman's club) would be entered into journals, registers, and account books (or the club's betting book).
vincent
Makes it into the "history books".