A Bird in the Hand: And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common ExpressionsRecounts the origins of more than 250 common phrases used in everyday speech, providing the complete stories of how the expressions came into use. |
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And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions Leonard W. Mann. Drive Like Jehu 63 Rinaldo . Instead , having saved the life of Modoro , a Saracean knight , she married him and went home ... DRIVE LIKE JEHU and moved into his palace at.
And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions Leonard W. Mann. Drive Like Jehu 63 Rinaldo . Instead , having saved the life of Modoro , a Saracean knight , she married him and went home ... DRIVE LIKE JEHU and moved into his palace at.
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And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions Leonard W. Mann. 64 DRIVE LIKE JEHU and moved into his palace at Samaria . Jezebel was a daughter of the king of Sidon , who was himself also a priest of the goddess Astarte . Jezebel ...
And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions Leonard W. Mann. 64 DRIVE LIKE JEHU and moved into his palace at Samaria . Jezebel was a daughter of the king of Sidon , who was himself also a priest of the goddess Astarte . Jezebel ...
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... Drive - like Jehu , 63 Drive - the horses of the sun , 65 Duckling - ugly ... , 233 115 E Defence ( or , defiance ) -a Scythian ... , 198 Delilah , 52 Denmark - something rotten in 213 Despond - slough of ... , 211 Destiny - thread of ...
... Drive - like Jehu , 63 Drive - the horses of the sun , 65 Duckling - ugly ... , 233 115 E Defence ( or , defiance ) -a Scythian ... , 198 Delilah , 52 Denmark - something rotten in 213 Despond - slough of ... , 211 Destiny - thread of ...
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Aegean Sea Aesop Aladdin ancient appeared apple army arrow asked Asmodeus baby beautiful became began believed bird Bluebeard brother called century B.C. character creature dead death DRIVE LIKE JEHU enemy Epimetheus Eurystheus expression eyes father fight gave girl give goddess goose Greek Greek mythology hand heard heaven Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippomenes horse human Jehu Jesus Judas killed king known land language later lived looked Malaprop married meaning mighty monkey mountain never night Odysseus Orpheus Othello palace Penelope Persians person Philistines poem Pollyanna Procrustes Prometheus quickly Quisling River Roman Romeo Rube Goldberg Samson Scythian ship Solomon someone sometimes somewhere soon speech stone stood story strange tale tell things told took Trojan Trojan War Troy turned Uriah Heep wanted wife wish woman women word young Zeus