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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... gave Procris two quite useful gifts . One was a dog that always caught its prey and the other was a dart that never missed its mark . To possess a dog so unfailing and a dart so unerring would seem to prove a great advantage to the ...
... gave Procris two quite useful gifts . One was a dog that always caught its prey and the other was a dart that never missed its mark . To possess a dog so unfailing and a dart so unerring would seem to prove a great advantage to the ...
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... gave it . Placing the injured man on his own donkey , he walked beside to steady him there , and guided the little beast to the nearest hotel . He gave the inkeeper money in advance to care for the man , saying , “ If the bill is more ...
... gave it . Placing the injured man on his own donkey , he walked beside to steady him there , and guided the little beast to the nearest hotel . He gave the inkeeper money in advance to care for the man , saying , “ If the bill is more ...
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... gave the girl in marriage to another fellow ; to be specific , he gave her to Sam- son's best man . Understandably , Samson was furious , his anger not 224 STRENGTH OF Samson so understandably directed toward Philistines in.
... gave the girl in marriage to another fellow ; to be specific , he gave her to Sam- son's best man . Understandably , Samson was furious , his anger not 224 STRENGTH OF Samson so understandably directed toward Philistines in.
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