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... describe a business which accepts orders and mon- ey but folds before delivering any goods or services , leaving both creditors and customers in the lurch . The expression is sometimes used in a more general sense to describe anyone or ...
... describe a business which accepts orders and mon- ey but folds before delivering any goods or services , leaving both creditors and customers in the lurch . The expression is sometimes used in a more general sense to describe anyone or ...
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... describe a land area sandwiched be- tween two contending armies . Recently , however , no man's land acquired the new figurative meaning of a sphere of human undertaking marked by complex- ity and confusion . One question chased another ...
... describe a land area sandwiched be- tween two contending armies . Recently , however , no man's land acquired the new figurative meaning of a sphere of human undertaking marked by complex- ity and confusion . One question chased another ...
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... describe someone who is criti- cally ill and has but a short time to live ; so short , in fact , that one could count the days remaining . The phrase is also frequently used to describe the imminent end of anything , particularly one's ...
... describe someone who is criti- cally ill and has but a short time to live ; so short , in fact , that one could count the days remaining . The phrase is also frequently used to describe the imminent end of anything , particularly one's ...
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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