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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 18
Page 231
... Trojan War was over . Menelaus took " fair Helen " home to Sparta - but whether to live happily ever after appears doubtful . What raw military power could not do , subterfuge and trickery had done . What could not be destroyed from ...
... Trojan War was over . Menelaus took " fair Helen " home to Sparta - but whether to live happily ever after appears doubtful . What raw military power could not do , subterfuge and trickery had done . What could not be destroyed from ...
Page 251
... Trojans . The Trojan resolve and industry were just too great . As a last resort , Odysseus devised a scheme to trick them . The trick was the famed wooden horse that hid Greek soldiers and brought them within the city walls to destroy ...
... Trojans . The Trojan resolve and industry were just too great . As a last resort , Odysseus devised a scheme to trick them . The trick was the famed wooden horse that hid Greek soldiers and brought them within the city walls to destroy ...
Page 262
... Trojan - horse , 229 Trojan - work like a ... , 250 True ( or , straight ) —as Tell's arrow , 232 Tweedledee - and Tweedledum , 111 Tweedledum - and Tweedledee , 111 Twenty - two - catch . . . , 35 Two - goody .. shoes , 92 u Ugly ...
... Trojan - horse , 229 Trojan - work like a ... , 250 True ( or , straight ) —as Tell's arrow , 232 Tweedledee - and Tweedledum , 111 Tweedledum - and Tweedledee , 111 Twenty - two - catch . . . , 35 Two - goody .. shoes , 92 u Ugly ...
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