where did the phrase you're pulling my leg originate?
<answer> As evidenced by a 1904 article in the New York Magazine. <context> 1 It could also simply mean that if someone was to sell a limb, it would only be for a huge amount of money.  To “shake a leg” means to “hurry up.” This phrase was coined in the early 1900s, as evidenced by a 1904 article in the New York Magazine which explicitly defines the meaning.