Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... indicates the successful completion of an important deal . In January , champion tennis players gather at the underside ... indicate kills is a practice as old as man himself . Ancient warriors notched their sword handles , or collected ...
... indicates the successful completion of an important deal . In January , champion tennis players gather at the underside ... indicate kills is a practice as old as man himself . Ancient warriors notched their sword handles , or collected ...
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... indicate one who has gone over to the ways of sin . The British say fall by the way . If you fall by the way , don't stay to get up again . ( Jonathan Swift , Polite Conversation , 1738 ) 9. the game is up It's over ; all has end- ed ...
... indicate one who has gone over to the ways of sin . The British say fall by the way . If you fall by the way , don't stay to get up again . ( Jonathan Swift , Polite Conversation , 1738 ) 9. the game is up It's over ; all has end- ed ...
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... indicate uncondition- al surrender , on which the victor could dictate his own terms . The phrase is now used only figuratively , and has been so used for some time : Mr. Pitt , who had carte blanche given him , named every one of them ...
... indicate uncondition- al surrender , on which the victor could dictate his own terms . The phrase is now used only figuratively , and has been so used for some time : Mr. Pitt , who had carte blanche given him , named every one of them ...
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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