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... origin is food for fishes , referring to one dead from drowning . He was food for fishes now , poor fellow . ( Rider Haggard , Mr. Meson's Will , 1894 ) 22. give up the ghost To die , to expire , to breathe one's last . Ghost refers to ...
... origin is food for fishes , referring to one dead from drowning . He was food for fishes now , poor fellow . ( Rider Haggard , Mr. Meson's Will , 1894 ) 22. give up the ghost To die , to expire , to breathe one's last . Ghost refers to ...
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... origin of this expression tells of a sailor who overheard a poor Italian beggar cry out , " Ah mihi , beate Martini " which means “ Ah , grant me , Blessed Martin . " In relating the sto- ry to his friends , the sailor's faulty recol ...
... origin of this expression tells of a sailor who overheard a poor Italian beggar cry out , " Ah mihi , beate Martini " which means “ Ah , grant me , Blessed Martin . " In relating the sto- ry to his friends , the sailor's faulty recol ...
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... origin of this expression is uncertain , but it is believed to have stemmed from an inci- dent in the town of Bruges , in Belgium . A newly appointed bishop , as he was en- tering the town , removed his and cope gave it to the people ...
... origin of this expression is uncertain , but it is believed to have stemmed from an inci- dent in the town of Bruges , in Belgium . A newly appointed bishop , as he was en- tering the town , removed his and cope gave it to the people ...
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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