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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... soon in use in England as a swear word , its pronounciation Anglicized to " jingo . " And so it remained . In 1877 , war broke out between Russia and Turkey , a conflict known as the Russo - Turkish War . It appearing to the English ...
... soon in use in England as a swear word , its pronounciation Anglicized to " jingo . " And so it remained . In 1877 , war broke out between Russia and Turkey , a conflict known as the Russo - Turkish War . It appearing to the English ...
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... Soon , the beast's owner arrived , sized up the situation , and finding the weary traveler asleep , seized the ass by his reins and led him a few paces forward . Of course , the animal took his shadow with him . Soon awakened by the ...
... Soon , the beast's owner arrived , sized up the situation , and finding the weary traveler asleep , seized the ass by his reins and led him a few paces forward . Of course , the animal took his shadow with him . Soon awakened by the ...
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... soon realized that the high lama has brought Conway to him for one reason — the old man is now 250 years old , and feeling he will soon die , he wishes Conway to assume his post . Here in the lamasery of Shangri - La the aging process ...
... soon realized that the high lama has brought Conway to him for one reason — the old man is now 250 years old , and feeling he will soon die , he wishes Conway to assume his post . Here in the lamasery of Shangri - La the aging process ...
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