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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... Mountain Won't Come to Mohammed " If the mountain won't come to Mohammed , then Mohammed will go to the mountain . ” This expression is said when we cannot get what we want for some 108 IN THE SAME Boat reason , but we are.
... Mountain Won't Come to Mohammed " If the mountain won't come to Mohammed , then Mohammed will go to the mountain . ” This expression is said when we cannot get what we want for some 108 IN THE SAME Boat reason , but we are.
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... mountain trembled , large stones loosened and thundered down the slopes , and great fissures opened as though the mountain were about to shake itself apart . To the watching villagers , it seemed that inside the mountain there must be ...
... mountain trembled , large stones loosened and thundered down the slopes , and great fissures opened as though the mountain were about to shake itself apart . To the watching villagers , it seemed that inside the mountain there must be ...
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... mountain habitats . Neither does this fellow know any- thing about catching snipes , even if they were in the vicinity . So these mountain fun - lovers , feigning full seriousness , assemble about 9 P.M. with sticks and clubs and ...
... mountain habitats . Neither does this fellow know any- thing about catching snipes , even if they were in the vicinity . So these mountain fun - lovers , feigning full seriousness , assemble about 9 P.M. with sticks and clubs and ...
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