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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... body was taken down and , just before sunset , laid in a garden tomb . Soon after sunrise on Sunday , however , it was discovered that the body was not there ; a group of women said they saw Jesus alive on a garden walk and that he ...
... body was taken down and , just before sunset , laid in a garden tomb . Soon after sunrise on Sunday , however , it was discovered that the body was not there ; a group of women said they saw Jesus alive on a garden walk and that he ...
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... body , so that he was capable of seeing in all directions at once . No matter how many of these eyes were asleep or closed at any time , at least two were always open and watching . This watchman's full name was actually Argus Panoptes ...
... body , so that he was capable of seeing in all directions at once . No matter how many of these eyes were asleep or closed at any time , at least two were always open and watching . This watchman's full name was actually Argus Panoptes ...
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... body of her husband floating amid the ship's broken timbers . Driven by a terrible grief , she plunged into the water , desperate to reach the body of the one she loved or to die there with him . But instead of feeling the dark water ...
... body of her husband floating amid the ship's broken timbers . Driven by a terrible grief , she plunged into the water , desperate to reach the body of the one she loved or to die there with him . But instead of feeling the dark water ...
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