Where does “come up with snake eyes” come from?

come up with snake eyes (English) comes from English snake eyes — Two ones, after rolling two dice.

come up with snake eyes (English): To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere

Definitions

  1. To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere

Ancestry of “come up with snake eyes”, step by step

come up with snake eyes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English snake eyes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsnake eyesTwo ones, after rolling two dice

via English come up with

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcome up withTo manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it
Every word from English snake eyes