Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 sider |
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... phrase in expressions such as " many a redskin bit the dust that day " ( Webster's Third ) . It is also said to have gained currency during World War II in R.A.F. circles . Today the phrase is used figuratively in reference to the ...
... phrase in expressions such as " many a redskin bit the dust that day " ( Webster's Third ) . It is also said to have gained currency during World War II in R.A.F. circles . Today the phrase is used figuratively in reference to the ...
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... phrase was military in origin and applied to the possessions of an army as a whole ( baggage ) , and of each individual soldier ( bag ) . The original expression to march out [ with ] bag and baggage was used in a positive sense to mean ...
... phrase was military in origin and applied to the possessions of an army as a whole ( baggage ) , and of each individual soldier ( bag ) . The original expression to march out [ with ] bag and baggage was used in a positive sense to mean ...
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... phrase maintains common fig- urative use . I had him stripped and washed from stem to stern in a tub of warm soapsuds . ( Elizabeth Drinker , Journal , 1794 ) 19. kith and kin All one's relatives and friends ; all one's fellow ...
... phrase maintains common fig- urative use . I had him stripped and washed from stem to stern in a tub of warm soapsuds . ( Elizabeth Drinker , Journal , 1794 ) 19. kith and kin All one's relatives and friends ; all one's fellow ...
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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