Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... gained general popularity as a result of the whistle - stop political cam- paigns , in which a candidate spoke briefly from the train's rear platform at each depot along the railroad line . The expression is in common use today . The ...
... gained general popularity as a result of the whistle - stop political cam- paigns , in which a candidate spoke briefly from the train's rear platform at each depot along the railroad line . The expression is in common use today . The ...
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... gained access to all tribal rites . Among some In- dian tribes , the expression is used to specify an effeminate brave , who is re- quired to dress like a woman and do women's work . A negro squaw man . who went by the name of Smoky ...
... gained access to all tribal rites . Among some In- dian tribes , the expression is used to specify an effeminate brave , who is re- quired to dress like a woman and do women's work . A negro squaw man . who went by the name of Smoky ...
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... gained frequency following the televised space flights of the 1960s and ' 70s , but its pop- ularity soon waned . As originally used , it indicated that all of a spacecraft's sys- tems were functioning properly so the countdown could ...
... gained frequency following the televised space flights of the 1960s and ' 70s , but its pop- ularity soon waned . As originally used , it indicated that all of a spacecraft's sys- tems were functioning properly so the countdown could ...
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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