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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... force . In this way , Fabius was gradually wearing Hannibal down . But the proud Roman traditionalists felt humiliated that Fabius would never stand and fight , and they fired him . Then in 216 B.C. , under other leadership , the Roman ...
... force . In this way , Fabius was gradually wearing Hannibal down . But the proud Roman traditionalists felt humiliated that Fabius would never stand and fight , and they fired him . Then in 216 B.C. , under other leadership , the Roman ...
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... forces in some very successful ventures . In autumn of 1936 , with the support of Franco , General Mola launched an all ... force on the inside that is waiting for the right opportunity to make its move . The Spanish revolutionaries ...
... forces in some very successful ventures . In autumn of 1936 , with the support of Franco , General Mola launched an all ... force on the inside that is waiting for the right opportunity to make its move . The Spanish revolutionaries ...
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... force Jesus to do something drastic quickly , but for whatever reason , Judas went to the authorities , offering to help them capture him . Judas told the officials he knew of a time when Jesus would likely be alone with just a few of ...
... force Jesus to do something drastic quickly , but for whatever reason , Judas went to the authorities , offering to help them capture him . Judas told the officials he knew of a time when Jesus would likely be alone with just a few of ...
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