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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... looked carefully at the keys , giving most careful attention to one . He pronounced immediate judgment : " You must die ! " and he drew his sword . " No , wait ! " the girl cried . " Give me few minutes to say my prayers . " Bluebeard ...
... looked carefully at the keys , giving most careful attention to one . He pronounced immediate judgment : " You must die ! " and he drew his sword . " No , wait ! " the girl cried . " Give me few minutes to say my prayers . " Bluebeard ...
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... looked upon with total disdain . In the Jewish scale of things to be scorned , hogs were followed closely by dogs , and these creatures were common symbols of anything held in contempt . Thus Jesus ' statement was packed with power ...
... looked upon with total disdain . In the Jewish scale of things to be scorned , hogs were followed closely by dogs , and these creatures were common symbols of anything held in contempt . Thus Jesus ' statement was packed with power ...
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... looked upon this as the perfect location for his project . The people of Gotham felt otherwise , however , not wishing to upset the pastoral tranquility and not wanting to be responsible for maintaining all that royalty . When John sent ...
... looked upon this as the perfect location for his project . The people of Gotham felt otherwise , however , not wishing to upset the pastoral tranquility and not wanting to be responsible for maintaining all that royalty . When John sent ...
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