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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... things were going . Knowing of a fiery , dynamic young man named Jehu , Elisha arranged to have him anointed king of Israel , as an alternate to Jehoram . Jehu was never a man to spend much time thinking about things ; he was a man of ...
... things were going . Knowing of a fiery , dynamic young man named Jehu , Elisha arranged to have him anointed king of Israel , as an alternate to Jehoram . Jehu was never a man to spend much time thinking about things ; he was a man of ...
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... things , but in ointment , they make it smell bad , and the bad smell overcomes the good . Likewise in a man's life ... thing , usually small , that fouls what otherwise would be appealing or desirable ; it is the troublesome in- truder ...
... things , but in ointment , they make it smell bad , and the bad smell overcomes the good . Likewise in a man's life ... thing , usually small , that fouls what otherwise would be appealing or desirable ; it is the troublesome in- truder ...
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... things to come - justice , peace , and freedom . At length , though , it appeared the good things were a long time coming and Judas grew tired of waiting , perhaps giving up hope they would ever come at all . For reasons and with ...
... things to come - justice , peace , and freedom . At length , though , it appeared the good things were a long time coming and Judas grew tired of waiting , perhaps giving up hope they would ever come at all . For reasons and with ...
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