PETER LANGSTON

If someone is extremely angry, they are said to be in high dudgeon, (not in high dungeon)... This phrase derives from the phrase "dress the balance" which means to adjust the weights on the empty balance scale to show a weight of zero (i.e. tare weight). Thus the "balance" referred to in "redress the balance" is an object (the balance scale), not a state (being balanced)... This started out in 1966 in Portland, Oregon, but came back to life in 2008 and 2013