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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... stone , " meaning that person is unwilling to participate in the speculation or condemn the accused . Stone - throwing expressions were all given birth one day in Jerusa- lem almost 2,000 years ago . On that day , Jesus was conversing ...
... stone , " meaning that person is unwilling to participate in the speculation or condemn the accused . Stone - throwing expressions were all given birth one day in Jerusa- lem almost 2,000 years ago . On that day , Jesus was conversing ...
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... Stone Stew The vagrant fellow was shabbily dressed , his dark old suit somebody's castaway , his toes showing ... stone ? " Again they said no , but he said , " I can . " And then they noticed that in his hand he carried a clean , smooth ...
... Stone Stew The vagrant fellow was shabbily dressed , his dark old suit somebody's castaway , his toes showing ... stone ? " Again they said no , but he said , " I can . " And then they noticed that in his hand he carried a clean , smooth ...
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... stone stew , or even heard of one , for that matter . What an innovative idea , they all thought— to make stew from a stone ! And it never dawned on any person present that that small round rock had nothing at all to do with the making ...
... stone stew , or even heard of one , for that matter . What an innovative idea , they all thought— to make stew from a stone ! And it never dawned on any person present that that small round rock had nothing at all to do with the making ...
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