Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... heard in regard to cooking without using a “ mix " or oth- er ready - made ingredients . 7. get off on the right foot To begin propitiously , to have an auspicious start . The phrase's origin probably lies in the now less frequently heard ...
... heard in regard to cooking without using a “ mix " or oth- er ready - made ingredients . 7. get off on the right foot To begin propitiously , to have an auspicious start . The phrase's origin probably lies in the now less frequently heard ...
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... heard interrogatively , this expres- sion serves to distinguish between two meanings of the word funny - ' peculiar ' and ' amusing or humorous . ' In 1938 , I. Hay used this expression in a play enti- tled Housemaster . Since then ...
... heard interrogatively , this expres- sion serves to distinguish between two meanings of the word funny - ' peculiar ' and ' amusing or humorous . ' In 1938 , I. Hay used this expression in a play enti- tled Housemaster . Since then ...
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... heard today . 29. stuff and nonsense Rubbish ; balo- ney ; an exclamation expressing disbelief or contradiction . This colloquial excla- mation is simply a euphemistic way of avoiding blasphemy while indicating one's disagreement with ...
... heard today . 29. stuff and nonsense Rubbish ; balo- ney ; an exclamation expressing disbelief or contradiction . This colloquial excla- mation is simply a euphemistic way of avoiding blasphemy while indicating one's disagreement with ...
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