Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... [ someone's ] hackles up To irri- tate or annoy ; to anger , often with pugi- listic potential . This expression stems from the sport of cockfighting ; hackles are the long , shiny feathers on the neck of certain birds such as gamecocks ...
... [ someone's ] hackles up To irri- tate or annoy ; to anger , often with pugi- listic potential . This expression stems from the sport of cockfighting ; hackles are the long , shiny feathers on the neck of certain birds such as gamecocks ...
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... [ someone's ] back up , 394.6 . get burnt , 224.1 . get cold feet , 75.2 . get [ one's ] comeuppance , 323.2 . get cracking , 357.2 . get [ someone's ] dander up , 223.6 ; 394.7 . get [ someone's ] dander up , 394.10 . to get down off ...
... [ someone's ] back up , 394.6 . get burnt , 224.1 . get cold feet , 75.2 . get [ one's ] comeuppance , 323.2 . get cracking , 357.2 . get [ someone's ] dander up , 223.6 ; 394.7 . get [ someone's ] dander up , 394.10 . to get down off ...
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... [ someone's ] skin , 223.8 . get under way , 209.5 . get up on the wrong side of the bed , 182.1 . get up steam ... [ someone ] a dose ( or taste ) of [ his / her ] own medicine , 320.4 . give a girl a green gown , 230.7 . give a leg up ...
... [ someone's ] skin , 223.8 . get under way , 209.5 . get up on the wrong side of the bed , 182.1 . get up steam ... [ someone ] a dose ( or taste ) of [ his / her ] own medicine , 320.4 . give a girl a green gown , 230.7 . give a leg up ...
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Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
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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