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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... whole life . " Since 1922 , when Sinclair Lewis wrote the story of Babbitt , this man's name has represented the preeminence of materialism in mind and spirit . The name is used to denote strongly peer - conscious people who are ...
... whole life . " Since 1922 , when Sinclair Lewis wrote the story of Babbitt , this man's name has represented the preeminence of materialism in mind and spirit . The name is used to denote strongly peer - conscious people who are ...
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... whole sky is not coming down because one apple falls . Well , a chicken little is an alarmist , one who doesn't see the whole picture . A chicken little may lift a solitary disturbing fact out of con- text , move it over to a position ...
... whole sky is not coming down because one apple falls . Well , a chicken little is an alarmist , one who doesn't see the whole picture . A chicken little may lift a solitary disturbing fact out of con- text , move it over to a position ...
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... whole image , so that all parts of it were broken into pieces so small that the wind blew them all away . Then you saw that stone grow into a mountain that filled the whole earth . " Daniel was right , but what was the meaning of the ...
... whole image , so that all parts of it were broken into pieces so small that the wind blew them all away . Then you saw that stone grow into a mountain that filled the whole earth . " Daniel was right , but what was the meaning of the ...
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