Origin of Phrases - S
Second Wind
The expression for the feeling of renewed vigor is believed to date back to 1830, when Thomas Hood was quoted in an advertisement for the second edition of his book, The Epping Hunt. He said, "I am much gratified to learn from you [the publisher], that the Epping Hunt has such a run, that it is quite exhausted, and that you intend therefore to give the work what might be called 'second wind' by a new impression."