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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... wanted Ted to have a college degree , and although shocked by this development , he was privately pleased that his son had the courage to chart a course and do his own thing . To Ted he confessed that he had always been afraid of ...
... wanted Ted to have a college degree , and although shocked by this development , he was privately pleased that his son had the courage to chart a course and do his own thing . To Ted he confessed that he had always been afraid of ...
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... wanted to turn someone into stone , all he had to do was open that pouch , look the other way , pull out Medusa's head , hold it up before his victim , and say , " Look ! See what I've got here ! " Using this technique , he even turned ...
... wanted to turn someone into stone , all he had to do was open that pouch , look the other way , pull out Medusa's head , hold it up before his victim , and say , " Look ! See what I've got here ! " Using this technique , he even turned ...
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... wanted his wife back and he recruited kings of the other Greek states to help him retrieve her , Odysseus among them . Odysseus didn't want to go , but felt it was his duty . In his absence he wanted Telemachus to have good care , wise ...
... wanted his wife back and he recruited kings of the other Greek states to help him retrieve her , Odysseus among them . Odysseus didn't want to go , but felt it was his duty . In his absence he wanted Telemachus to have good care , wise ...
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