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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... come crashing down from a moun- tain , striking those feet and smashing them , and bringing down the whole image , so that ... comes from a story that is historically based , but probably not historical ; it is probably not an account of ...
... come crashing down from a moun- tain , striking those feet and smashing them , and bringing down the whole image , so that ... comes from a story that is historically based , but probably not historical ; it is probably not an account of ...
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... come out and fight him . Hurling insults and taunts and cursing Israel's God , he put terror into the heart of every man , and no man dared stand up against him . Here is where the son of Jesse , David , comes into the story . He had ...
... come out and fight him . Hurling insults and taunts and cursing Israel's God , he put terror into the heart of every man , and no man dared stand up against him . Here is where the son of Jesse , David , comes into the story . He had ...
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... comes to us from a dramatic and decisive moment of world history . Ancient Greece was the cultural and philosophical ... come . Under leadership of their commander Miltiades , they marched north , leaving their aged and their women and ...
... comes to us from a dramatic and decisive moment of world history . Ancient Greece was the cultural and philosophical ... come . Under leadership of their commander Miltiades , they marched north , leaving their aged and their women and ...
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