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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... human interest and much having to do with the absurdities of human nature . For me delving into this has been both entertaining and exciting , as I hope it is for you . So I offer this book of story sources of common expressions as they ...
... human interest and much having to do with the absurdities of human nature . For me delving into this has been both entertaining and exciting , as I hope it is for you . So I offer this book of story sources of common expressions as they ...
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... human . Another differ- ence between these two was that Prometheus was very wise and his brother rather stupid . Prometheus was sympathetic with humanity and tried to do nice things for humankind . Zeus , the high god , however , did ...
... human . Another differ- ence between these two was that Prometheus was very wise and his brother rather stupid . Prometheus was sympathetic with humanity and tried to do nice things for humankind . Zeus , the high god , however , did ...
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... human race . Epimetheus was given the job of equipping the animals for living on Earth , and in so doing , most ... human hands . While Prometheus was always a benefactor of humankind , Epimeth- eus brought awful calamities upon humans ...
... human race . Epimetheus was given the job of equipping the animals for living on Earth , and in so doing , most ... human hands . While Prometheus was always a benefactor of humankind , Epimeth- eus brought awful calamities upon humans ...
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