Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 sider |
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... refers to the share invest- ed in a business venture . The variant raise the ante is usually limited to these more ... refers to the chair or seat of a bishop in his church . Most specifically , it refers to that of the Bish- op of Rome ...
... refers to the share invest- ed in a business venture . The variant raise the ante is usually limited to these more ... refers to the chair or seat of a bishop in his church . Most specifically , it refers to that of the Bish- op of Rome ...
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... refers to a grave . To make a hole in the water , then , is to go to a watery grave intentionally . This slang phrase , rarely heard today , dates from the mid - 19th century . Why I don't go and make a hole in the water I don't know ...
... refers to a grave . To make a hole in the water , then , is to go to a watery grave intentionally . This slang phrase , rarely heard today , dates from the mid - 19th century . Why I don't go and make a hole in the water I don't know ...
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... refers to the impos- sibility of sailing directly into a wind in order to reach one's destination . Al- though sail against the wind is some- times applied figuratively to a person who is inflexible and stubborn , it more often refers ...
... refers to the impos- sibility of sailing directly into a wind in order to reach one's destination . Al- though sail against the wind is some- times applied figuratively to a person who is inflexible and stubborn , it more often refers ...
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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