Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 sider |
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... comes to shove When a situation goes from bad to worse ; when worse comes to worst ; when the going gets tough . In this expression shove re- fers to an exaggerated - bigger and harder - push . Thus , when push comes to shove refers to ...
... comes to shove When a situation goes from bad to worse ; when worse comes to worst ; when the going gets tough . In this expression shove re- fers to an exaggerated - bigger and harder - push . Thus , when push comes to shove refers to ...
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... comes from underworld jargon and means ' to inform on one's compan- ions , to squeal . ' Gaff in this phrase is a variation of the verb gab . A phrase that implies the opposite , put the lid on means ' to restrain or hush up . ' 4. blow ...
... comes from underworld jargon and means ' to inform on one's compan- ions , to squeal . ' Gaff in this phrase is a variation of the verb gab . A phrase that implies the opposite , put the lid on means ' to restrain or hush up . ' 4. blow ...
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... come a cropper , 108.1 . come a purler , 108.2 . come Captain Armstrong , 119.9 . come day , go day , God send Sunday , 178.3 . come down on the right side of the fence , 365.3 . come from Wigan , 211.6 . come hell or high water , 268.2 .
... come a cropper , 108.1 . come a purler , 108.2 . come Captain Armstrong , 119.9 . come day , go day , God send Sunday , 178.3 . come down on the right side of the fence , 365.3 . come from Wigan , 211.6 . come hell or high water , 268.2 .
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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