Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... appeared in John Hey- wood's Proverbs in 1546 : When he should get ought , each finger is a thumb . The phrase as we know it was in use by 1870 : Your uneducated man is all thumbs , as the phrase runs ; and what education does for him ...
... appeared in John Hey- wood's Proverbs in 1546 : When he should get ought , each finger is a thumb . The phrase as we know it was in use by 1870 : Your uneducated man is all thumbs , as the phrase runs ; and what education does for him ...
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... appeared as early as 1640 in George Herbert's Jacula Pru- dentum . 4. pay the piper To bear the conse- quences of one's actions or decisions ; to pay the cost of some undertaking ; to foot the bill . This expression probably alludes to ...
... appeared as early as 1640 in George Herbert's Jacula Pru- dentum . 4. pay the piper To bear the conse- quences of one's actions or decisions ; to pay the cost of some undertaking ; to foot the bill . This expression probably alludes to ...
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... appeared as early as the mid - 16th century . But oh , I talk of things impossible , and cast beyond the moon . ( Thomas Heywood , A Woman Killed with Kindness , 1607 ) 4. castles in Spain Fanciful notion ; pipe dream - the opposite of ...
... appeared as early as the mid - 16th century . But oh , I talk of things impossible , and cast beyond the moon . ( Thomas Heywood , A Woman Killed with Kindness , 1607 ) 4. castles in Spain Fanciful notion ; pipe dream - the opposite of ...
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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