Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... drink or glass too many . One could infer from this British colloquial expression that a person should be able to drink eight pints or glasses of beer without appearing drunk or out of control . One over the eight ap- peared in print by ...
... drink or glass too many . One could infer from this British colloquial expression that a person should be able to drink eight pints or glasses of beer without appearing drunk or out of control . One over the eight ap- peared in print by ...
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... drink , usually alcoholic , consumed to help one sleep ; a final drink of the evening . This expres- sion has two suggested derivations , one of which alludes to the nightcap , a now obsolete article of sleepwear worn on the head ...
... drink , usually alcoholic , consumed to help one sleep ; a final drink of the evening . This expres- sion has two suggested derivations , one of which alludes to the nightcap , a now obsolete article of sleepwear worn on the head ...
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... drink clandestinely from the cask with a straw or tube in- serted through a small hole . Another method of sucking the monkey was to re- move the milk from a coconut and fill it with spirits , thus giving the impression of drinking ...
... drink clandestinely from the cask with a straw or tube in- serted through a small hole . Another method of sucking the monkey was to re- move the milk from a coconut and fill it with spirits , thus giving the impression of drinking ...
Contenido
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