Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... ment or rage , to act in an irrational or uncontrollable manner . The phrase sup- posedly comes from the chattering an- tics of a hungry monkey at the sight of a banana . It is nearly always used hyper- bolically to indicate reason ...
... ment or rage , to act in an irrational or uncontrollable manner . The phrase sup- posedly comes from the chattering an- tics of a hungry monkey at the sight of a banana . It is nearly always used hyper- bolically to indicate reason ...
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... ment ; a hot subject . The prevailing idea behind burning in this phrase is ' flam- ing , ' something that is conspicuous , something that is noticed by all with an associated suggestion of ' hotness , ' which metaphorically suggests ...
... ment ; a hot subject . The prevailing idea behind burning in this phrase is ' flam- ing , ' something that is conspicuous , something that is noticed by all with an associated suggestion of ' hotness , ' which metaphorically suggests ...
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... ment of truth . This 20th - century Briti- cism , a favorite expression of Winston Churchill's , has since World War II gained wide acceptance in American speech . The operative word here , crunch , indicates that moment when something ...
... ment of truth . This 20th - century Briti- cism , a favorite expression of Winston Churchill's , has since World War II gained wide acceptance in American speech . The operative word here , crunch , indicates that moment when something ...
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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