woolen language

Dyed in the wool: The phrase relates to the medieval method of adding dye to raw wool rather than to spun wool or finished cloth. The final colour was much more long lasting and deeply ingrained than dyeing at later stages of manufacture. If something is dyed-in-the-wool, it's unlikely to change.

Pull the wool over your eyes: may have come from the practice of wearing woolen wigs

Spinster: originally, someone who made her living from spinning wool. So many single women had this profession that it gradually came to mean an unmarried female.

The last one has nothing to do with wool, but it was funny, so I wanted to include it. It is also surprisingly recent. Pull your chain: This North American slang originated in the 1980's. Feisty Charlotte Whitton, the former mayor of Ottowa, was introduced to the mayor of London, England. He was wearing many medals and chains of office, while she only had a flower in her lapel. The mayor of London haughtily asked, "if I smell your rose, will you blush?" and she asked in return, "If I pull your chain, will you flush?"