Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... dates from at least 1867 . 7. leadpipe cinch See 46. CERTAINTY . tion to have money for jam , he has enough money to enjoy the luxuries of life ; things come easy for him , for he has the wherewithal to obtain whatever he desires . If ...
... dates from at least 1867 . 7. leadpipe cinch See 46. CERTAINTY . tion to have money for jam , he has enough money to enjoy the luxuries of life ; things come easy for him , for he has the wherewithal to obtain whatever he desires . If ...
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... date from the late 19th cen- tury . 4. give the slip To elude or to escape from a person ; to steal away or slip away unnoticed . Slip as an intransitive verb meaning ' to escape or get away ' dates from the 14th century ; transitive use ...
... date from the late 19th cen- tury . 4. give the slip To elude or to escape from a person ; to steal away or slip away unnoticed . Slip as an intransitive verb meaning ' to escape or get away ' dates from the 14th century ; transitive use ...
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... dates from the 1840s . You make , I suppose , ten pounds a night off your own bat . ( George Bernard Shaw , Misalliance , 1910 ) Two related terms , derived from Cock- ney rhyming slang for on [ one's ] own , are : on [ one's ] Pat ...
... dates from the 1840s . You make , I suppose , ten pounds a night off your own bat . ( George Bernard Shaw , Misalliance , 1910 ) Two related terms , derived from Cock- ney rhyming slang for on [ one's ] own , are : on [ one's ] Pat ...
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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