Prick : v. tr and pr. Take, do, have suddenly.
Wine who pricks himselfbitter.
To prick the nose, the hive: to get drunk.
Getting stung: getting caught or robbed; to get arrested.
Children: itchy water:sparkling water, bubbly.
The expression "Not stung by worms / beetles": Perfect, excellent, exceptional, very successful, formidable.
Well preserved, intact.
Well preserved, intact.
When the wood of old furniture is invaded by worms, therefore in bad condition, it is said to be "stung" by these crawling animals, because of the small holes visible on the surface of the wood.
As early as the XNUMXth century, we were already using worm sting to designate moth-eaten clothing or wood eaten by insects.
As for the chafer, it is a voracious insect which renders the plants on which it feasts abundantly unfit for consumption, and therefore more than imperfect.
We can easily imagine that the inverse of worm sting describes something intact, well preserved, in perfect condition and, by extension, something exceptional or excellent.
The version " haunted »Appeared in the XNUMXth century, a little after his sister with exactly the same meaning.
The current meaning appears at the beginning of the XNUMXth century.