Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 sider |
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... pression was Abbé Lamourette , a French politician who , on July 7 , 1792 , convinced the many discordant factions of the Legislative Assembly of France to lay aside their differences and work to- gether for the common good . After much ...
... pression was Abbé Lamourette , a French politician who , on July 7 , 1792 , convinced the many discordant factions of the Legislative Assembly of France to lay aside their differences and work to- gether for the common good . After much ...
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... pression derives from the fact that it is easy to trip or become entangled by too much rope . The second half of the ex- pression plays on the idea of a rope as a cord for hanging a person . Give our Commentator but Rope , and he hangs ...
... pression derives from the fact that it is easy to trip or become entangled by too much rope . The second half of the ex- pression plays on the idea of a rope as a cord for hanging a person . Give our Commentator but Rope , and he hangs ...
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... pression is derived from the literal act of poking somebody in the ribs with an el- bow or a finger , as some jokesters are prone to do . To rib someone and ribbing assumed their modern connotations of teasing in the early 1900s ...
... pression is derived from the literal act of poking somebody in the ribs with an el- bow or a finger , as some jokesters are prone to do . To rib someone and ribbing assumed their modern connotations of teasing in the early 1900s ...
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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