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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... Eyes of Argus Io was a princess , the daughter of King Inachus , and Zeus was the high god who ruled the heavens and much else . Zeus fell in love with lo , but his wife , Hera , did not look approvingly upon this development . She ...
... Eyes of Argus Io was a princess , the daughter of King Inachus , and Zeus was the high god who ruled the heavens and much else . Zeus fell in love with lo , but his wife , Hera , did not look approvingly upon this development . She ...
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... eye on Io . His name was Argus , and he was well qualified for his assignment ; he had 100 eyes , located all over his body , so that he was capable of seeing in all directions at once . No matter how many of these eyes were asleep or ...
... eye on Io . His name was Argus , and he was well qualified for his assignment ; he had 100 eyes , located all over his body , so that he was capable of seeing in all directions at once . No matter how many of these eyes were asleep or ...
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... Eye - camel through needle's 29 Eyes of Argus , 72 Eyes of Argus in the peacock's F tail , 73 Fabian , 74 Face that launched a thousand ships , 75 Fair - Vanity ... , 211 Falling - sky is ( or , is not ) ... , 39 Falstaffian , 75 256 ...
... Eye - camel through needle's 29 Eyes of Argus , 72 Eyes of Argus in the peacock's F tail , 73 Fabian , 74 Face that launched a thousand ships , 75 Fair - Vanity ... , 211 Falling - sky is ( or , is not ) ... , 39 Falstaffian , 75 256 ...
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