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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... killed at least one . Many of the Greek heroes , at one time or another , had the har- rowing experience of fighting against these women - Bellerophon , Theseus , Heracles , and Achilles . The ninth of Heracles ' twelve labors entailed ...
... killed at least one . Many of the Greek heroes , at one time or another , had the har- rowing experience of fighting against these women - Bellerophon , Theseus , Heracles , and Achilles . The ninth of Heracles ' twelve labors entailed ...
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... killed ) . Aeetes was sure the bulls would kill Jason as he tried to yoke them to the plow . And he knew from Athena that an army of armed men would arise from the ground where those teeth were sown . Aeetes reasoned that if Jason ...
... killed ) . Aeetes was sure the bulls would kill Jason as he tried to yoke them to the plow . And he knew from Athena that an army of armed men would arise from the ground where those teeth were sown . Aeetes reasoned that if Jason ...
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... killed in the process , as Eurystheus hoped , Hercules successfully completed all the tasks . In the very first of these , he not only killed the Nemean lion , which was supposed to have killed him , but he also made for himself a ...
... killed in the process , as Eurystheus hoped , Hercules successfully completed all the tasks . In the very first of these , he not only killed the Nemean lion , which was supposed to have killed him , but he also made for himself a ...
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