Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 sider |
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... According to the OED , thick and thin was originally thicket and thin wood . Thus this expression denoted an actual physical obstacle , as in the fol- lowing quotation from Spenser's Faerie Queene : His tireling jade he fiercely forth ...
... According to the OED , thick and thin was originally thicket and thin wood . Thus this expression denoted an actual physical obstacle , as in the fol- lowing quotation from Spenser's Faerie Queene : His tireling jade he fiercely forth ...
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... According to a legend recounted by the English poet Robert Herrick ( 1591- 1674 ) , a woman who had long been kept in captivity tried to reach her lover by climbing down a steep wall , but slipped and died . Herrick continues : Love ...
... According to a legend recounted by the English poet Robert Herrick ( 1591- 1674 ) , a woman who had long been kept in captivity tried to reach her lover by climbing down a steep wall , but slipped and died . Herrick continues : Love ...
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... according to Cocker , 290.1 . according to Cocker , 290.2 ; 290.3 . according to Gunter , 290.2 . according to Gunter , 290.3 . according to Hoyle , 290.3 . AC / DC , 342.1 . ace in the hole , 9.1 . ace in the hole , 274.1 . ace up ...
... according to Cocker , 290.1 . according to Cocker , 290.2 ; 290.3 . according to Gunter , 290.2 . according to Gunter , 290.3 . according to Hoyle , 290.3 . AC / DC , 342.1 . ace in the hole , 9.1 . ace in the hole , 274.1 . ace up ...
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19th century allusion American expression American slang expression another's Anthony Trollope applied ball became blue Briticism British expression called Charles Dickens coined colloquial common commonly connotation contexts dead describe drink early 19th century England English especially expres expression alludes expression dates expression is derived expression refers figurative sense Frederick Marryat French frequently give hand hang head heard today hence horse implies indicate John John Heywood Jonathan Swift King least literal Lord meaning ment ness night nose obsolete one's oneself onym origin P. G. Wodehouse person phrase plausible play player political popular practice pression probably proverb related term Samuel Butler Shakespeare sion Sir Walter Scott situation slang term someone someone's thing Thomas tion tive Tyburn usage usually variant verb Webster's Third William word World War II