End of One's Rope
Europeans invented and used a number of elaborate devices designed to give a horse freedom to graze, gut not to run away. Intricate hobbles and tethers seldom proved more effective than a length of rope, however.
with one end of a rope fastened to the bridle and the other to a post, a rider could rest while his mount filed its stomach. Many and animal moved to the end of the rope, then strained to eat grass barely witjin reach.
Like a tethered horse, a human who has exhausted all resources is at the end of his or her rope.
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Adam's Apple
Many a man, such as Abraham Lincoln, has had a prominent Adam's apple. Male chauvinism is responsible for the centuries-old name.
Pioneer English anatomists were puzzled by the section of cartilage that refussed to stay in one spot. Folktales explained that Adam should not have taken that apple from Eve in the Garden of Eden. When he yielded to her temptation, a piece of fruit stuck on the way down. Ever since, it has moved when men eat or talk in order to warn: "Beware of the temptress!"
In truth, the growth of the visible knot is stimulated by male hormones. because women have a small amount of this hormone, they also have a small version of the Adam's apple.