The mighty Italians did it first (they do everything good first), everyone else just copied them. Frenchy-frog-copycats!

I love how I get voted negative for this. Sorry for having a sense of humor, but the italians DID in fact create this expression. They also created the Ferrari, the Lamborghini, Geometry (might have been the greeks, but I am fairly sure that the Italians invented the greeks as well), Empires, Spagetti, three hour lunch breaks and Roberto Benigni. So bite me.