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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... lost all his men and all his ships . Of the many encounters along his way , none is of greater interest than the second encounter of this series . Driven for nine days by a raging storm , his ships were at last thrust onto the shore of ...
... lost all his men and all his ships . Of the many encounters along his way , none is of greater interest than the second encounter of this series . Driven for nine days by a raging storm , his ships were at last thrust onto the shore of ...
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... lost 6,400 men and the Greeks lost 192 . The battle of Marathon was decisive ; historically , it meant that the Persians would never conquer Greece and that Greek thought would have its chance to flower . What a victory ! But back in ...
... lost 6,400 men and the Greeks lost 192 . The battle of Marathon was decisive ; historically , it meant that the Persians would never conquer Greece and that Greek thought would have its chance to flower . What a victory ! But back in ...
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... lost in the mountains in 1734 and rescued by Buddhists and converted to their faith . He then discovered the rare medicinal merits of this location , and established this lamasery , becoming the high lama . Then comes the day when the ...
... lost in the mountains in 1734 and rescued by Buddhists and converted to their faith . He then discovered the rare medicinal merits of this location , and established this lamasery , becoming the high lama . Then comes the day when the ...
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