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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... heaven led by Satan with Beelzebub . Heav- en's forces were led by Michael and Gabriel . But it was heaven's Prince , God's own Son , who at last threw the rebels out . Down they fell , " hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky ...
... heaven led by Satan with Beelzebub . Heav- en's forces were led by Michael and Gabriel . But it was heaven's Prince , God's own Son , who at last threw the rebels out . Down they fell , " hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky ...
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... heaven ! " To be in a state of extreme joy , on some pinnacle of satisfaction , is to be in one's seventh heaven . Seventh , we say , because some lesser heaven isn't high enough to say what we want it to ; we must go to the top . So ...
... heaven ! " To be in a state of extreme joy , on some pinnacle of satisfaction , is to be in one's seventh heaven . Seventh , we say , because some lesser heaven isn't high enough to say what we want it to ; we must go to the top . So ...
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... heavens , one above an- other , " and that he " is Lord of the seven heavens . " In the first century , the Christian apostle , Paul , wrote of the su- preme ecstasy of having been once " caught up to the third heaven , " and there ...
... heavens , one above an- other , " and that he " is Lord of the seven heavens . " In the first century , the Christian apostle , Paul , wrote of the su- preme ecstasy of having been once " caught up to the third heaven , " and there ...
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