Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... sense of what sounds or feels right ; without re- ferring to , or depending upon prescribed procedures or written music . This use of ear , referring to an ability to recognize musical intervals , dates from the early 16th century . At ...
... sense of what sounds or feels right ; without re- ferring to , or depending upon prescribed procedures or written music . This use of ear , referring to an ability to recognize musical intervals , dates from the early 16th century . At ...
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... sense of this expres- sion dates from the late 13th century , while the general sense dates from the late 16th century . The public took up the hue and cry conscientiously enough . ( John Ruskin , Modern Painters , 1846 ) 3. perish the ...
... sense of this expres- sion dates from the late 13th century , while the general sense dates from the late 16th century . The public took up the hue and cry conscientiously enough . ( John Ruskin , Modern Painters , 1846 ) 3. perish the ...
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... sense of straw as a thing of little worth , substance , or solidi- ty , a sense current in the language since the time of Chaucer . Apparently the original man of straw was a man of little substance or means in the monetary sense , i.e. ...
... sense of straw as a thing of little worth , substance , or solidi- ty , a sense current in the language since the time of Chaucer . Apparently the original man of straw was a man of little substance or means in the monetary sense , i.e. ...
Contenido
Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
Derechos de autor | |
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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