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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... Hercules to come help him . By some miracle , the mighty Hercules did indeed appear . And he spoke to the carter : " “ Foolish man and stupid , you expect your oxen to do everything for you , and when they fail , you call upon me . But ...
... Hercules to come help him . By some miracle , the mighty Hercules did indeed appear . And he spoke to the carter : " “ Foolish man and stupid , you expect your oxen to do everything for you , and when they fail , you call upon me . But ...
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... Hercules his twelve " labors , " the eleventh of these was to get the golden apples of the Hesperides and bring them to the king . Going for them , Hercules came upon Atlas standing there with ... HERCULES 221 his back , Hercules walked away.
... Hercules his twelve " labors , " the eleventh of these was to get the golden apples of the Hesperides and bring them to the king . Going for them , Hercules came upon Atlas standing there with ... HERCULES 221 his back , Hercules walked away.
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... Hercules bound himself in a twelve - year servitude to King Eurystheus of Mycenae . Hoping to get rid of Hercules , Eurystheus assigned him twelve most difficult tasks or " labors , " each believed absolutely impossible to achieve ...
... Hercules bound himself in a twelve - year servitude to King Eurystheus of Mycenae . Hoping to get rid of Hercules , Eurystheus assigned him twelve most difficult tasks or " labors , " each believed absolutely impossible to achieve ...
Common terms and phrases
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