Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... especially a decisive and culminating one . The term is boxing slang for a violent punch or knockout blow . Hay is grass or alfalfa which has been cut or mowed down . Similarly , the recipient of a haymaker in a pugilistic encounter is ...
... especially a decisive and culminating one . The term is boxing slang for a violent punch or knockout blow . Hay is grass or alfalfa which has been cut or mowed down . Similarly , the recipient of a haymaker in a pugilistic encounter is ...
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... especially a mid- shipman . Originally a sailor's slang ex- pression for dried peas boiled in a cloth , this Briticism has been in use since the mid 19th century . For some unknown reason it also came to mean a junior na- val officer ...
... especially a mid- shipman . Originally a sailor's slang ex- pression for dried peas boiled in a cloth , this Briticism has been in use since the mid 19th century . For some unknown reason it also came to mean a junior na- val officer ...
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... especially favorable ones ; to occur . This expression alludes to panning for gold , a method of prospecting in which a shal- low pan is used to scoop a small amount of gravel and sand from a stream . Any gold present settles to the ...
... especially favorable ones ; to occur . This expression alludes to panning for gold , a method of prospecting in which a shal- low pan is used to scoop a small amount of gravel and sand from a stream . Any gold present settles to the ...
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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