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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... woman was permitted to mate with a man until she had killed at least one . Many of the Greek heroes , at one time or ... woman's girdle , especially a queen's , and even more dangerous , an Amazon queen's . The mighty Heracles did it ...
... woman was permitted to mate with a man until she had killed at least one . Many of the Greek heroes , at one time or ... woman's girdle , especially a queen's , and even more dangerous , an Amazon queen's . The mighty Heracles did it ...
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... woman . Thrusting the woman forward , one of them said , " Teacher , this woman has been caught in the act of adultery . Now in the law , Moses commanded us to stone such . What do you say about her ? " Expected to render judgment on ...
... woman . Thrusting the woman forward , one of them said , " Teacher , this woman has been caught in the act of adultery . Now in the law , Moses commanded us to stone such . What do you say about her ? " Expected to render judgment on ...
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... woman accused the other , testifying : " This woman rolled over on her baby in the night and killed it . Then , while I slept , she brought her dead baby and laid it in my bosom , taking my live child as her own . Next morning , finding ...
... woman accused the other , testifying : " This woman rolled over on her baby in the night and killed it . Then , while I slept , she brought her dead baby and laid it in my bosom , taking my live child as her own . Next morning , finding ...
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