Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... 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 , funny - pe- culiar or funny ha - ha has ...
... 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 , funny - pe- culiar or funny ha - ha has ...
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... sion , bang carries its slang meaning of intense exhilaration . He seems to be getting a great bang out of the doings . ( Damon Runyon , Guys and Dolls , 1931 ) 3. get a charge out of To become physi- cally or mentally exhilarated ; to ...
... sion , bang carries its slang meaning of intense exhilaration . He seems to be getting a great bang out of the doings . ( Damon Runyon , Guys and Dolls , 1931 ) 3. get a charge out of To become physi- cally or mentally exhilarated ; to ...
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... sion : tight as Dick's hatband , Dick's hat- band was made of sand , allusions to the uneasiness of the crown on ... sion ; also to write in the dust , on sand , or on the wind . The equivalent Latin phrase is in aqua scribere . This ...
... sion : tight as Dick's hatband , Dick's hat- band was made of sand , allusions to the uneasiness of the crown on ... sion ; also to write in the dust , on sand , or on the wind . The equivalent Latin phrase is in aqua scribere . This ...
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Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
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Otras 12 secciones no mostradas
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