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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... course cannot - not until her fairy godmother appears and changes a garden pumpkin into a plush coach , six mice into white horses , six lizards into footmen , and a rat into a coachman . Transforming Cinder- ella's ragged garments into ...
... course cannot - not until her fairy godmother appears and changes a garden pumpkin into a plush coach , six mice into white horses , six lizards into footmen , and a rat into a coachman . Transforming Cinder- ella's ragged garments into ...
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... course . A nemesis , of course , is whoever or whatever brings about the defeat or causes the stoppage . Meet Your Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte lived for less than fifty- two years . From his humble Corsican beginnings , riding on the ...
... course . A nemesis , of course , is whoever or whatever brings about the defeat or causes the stoppage . Meet Your Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte lived for less than fifty- two years . From his humble Corsican beginnings , riding on the ...
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... course , however , she was forced by circumstances to relent a little . She let it be known that she would select a new husband from among her suitors , but that she would do this only after she had completed a task she had undertaken ...
... course , however , she was forced by circumstances to relent a little . She let it be known that she would select a new husband from among her suitors , but that she would do this only after she had completed a task she had undertaken ...
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