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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... story that appears most plausible or seems most appealing . In other instances , there exist multiple versions of the same story , such as in the legends of classical mythology . Here also it has been necessary to choose among the ...
... story that appears most plausible or seems most appealing . In other instances , there exist multiple versions of the same story , such as in the legends of classical mythology . Here also it has been necessary to choose among the ...
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And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions Leonard W. Mann. 40 CINDERELLA STORY clamor of screeching voices ... Story A Cinderella is a person of unrecognized worth or beauty , usually a woman . It's a Cinderella story when such ...
And the Stories Behind 250 Other Common Expressions Leonard W. Mann. 40 CINDERELLA STORY clamor of screeching voices ... Story A Cinderella is a person of unrecognized worth or beauty , usually a woman . It's a Cinderella story when such ...
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... story behind this expression - a story that , by compari- son , may help make our burdens seem lighter ! Cry Wolf To cry wolf is to spread a false alarm or a warning of danger when no danger is present . The story comes from the seventh ...
... story behind this expression - a story that , by compari- son , may help make our burdens seem lighter ! Cry Wolf To cry wolf is to spread a false alarm or a warning of danger when no danger is present . The story comes from the seventh ...
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