Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... turn tail To turn one's back and run ; to demonstrate cowardice ; to take flight , especially from fear ; to show a yellow streak . The origin of this term is not , as might be supposed , derived from the ac- tions of human beings , but ...
... turn tail To turn one's back and run ; to demonstrate cowardice ; to take flight , especially from fear ; to show a yellow streak . The origin of this term is not , as might be supposed , derived from the ac- tions of human beings , but ...
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... turn his face to the wall , and die with that word unsaid . ( Mark Twain ) 48. turn up [ one's ] toes To die ; to be ly- ing dead , toes up . This expression refers to the position in which the body is placed for burial . In reference ...
... turn his face to the wall , and die with that word unsaid . ( Mark Twain ) 48. turn up [ one's ] toes To die ; to be ly- ing dead , toes up . This expression refers to the position in which the body is placed for burial . In reference ...
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... Turn- again Lane . This . . . lieth in the parish of St. Sepulchre's , going down to Fleet dike ; which men must turn again the same way they came , for there it is stopped . The proverb is applied to those who . . . must seasonably ...
... Turn- again Lane . This . . . lieth in the parish of St. Sepulchre's , going down to Fleet dike ; which men must turn again the same way they came , for there it is stopped . The proverb is applied to those who . . . must seasonably ...
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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