Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... AGE . News ... See 206. INFORMATION . 244. NICKNAMES 453 245. NIT - PICKING . 466 See also 146. FAULTFINDING ; 270 ... AGE . Obstacle ... See 185. IMPEDIMENT . 251. OBSTINACY ... 252. OBVIOUSNESS 253. OCCUPATIONS .... Offensiveness ...
... AGE . News ... See 206. INFORMATION . 244. NICKNAMES 453 245. NIT - PICKING . 466 See also 146. FAULTFINDING ; 270 ... AGE . Obstacle ... See 185. IMPEDIMENT . 251. OBSTINACY ... 252. OBVIOUSNESS 253. OCCUPATIONS .... Offensiveness ...
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... Ages . I worked hard at that gown . Dear little Elsie helped me with it like a Trojan . ( Grant Allen , The Typewriter Girl , 1897 ) Inebriation . See 109. DRUNKENNESS 203. INEFFECTUALITY See also 159. FUTILITY ; 193. INABILITY 1. all ...
... Ages . I worked hard at that gown . Dear little Elsie helped me with it like a Trojan . ( Grant Allen , The Typewriter Girl , 1897 ) Inebriation . See 109. DRUNKENNESS 203. INEFFECTUALITY See also 159. FUTILITY ; 193. INABILITY 1. all ...
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... age of dis- cretion . A similar phrase with the same meaning is to cut one's wisdom teeth . Wisdom teeth are cut even later than eyeteeth , usually between the ages of seventeen and twenty - five . 5. go to school on To learn by ...
... age of dis- cretion . A similar phrase with the same meaning is to cut one's wisdom teeth . Wisdom teeth are cut even later than eyeteeth , usually between the ages of seventeen and twenty - five . 5. go to school on To learn by ...
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Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
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Términos y frases comunes
19th century allusion American expression American slang expression another's Anthony Trollope applied ball became blue Briticism British expression called Charles Dickens coined colloquial common commonly connotation contexts dead describe drink early 19th century England English especially expres expression alludes expression dates expression is derived expression refers figurative sense Frederick Marryat French frequently give hand hang head heard today hence horse implies indicate John John Heywood Jonathan Swift King least literal Lord meaning ment ness night nose obsolete one's oneself onym origin P. G. Wodehouse person phrase plausible play player political popular practice pression probably proverb related term Samuel Butler Shakespeare sion Sir Walter Scott situation slang term someone someone's thing Thomas tion tive Tyburn usage usually variant verb Webster's Third William word World War II