Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 3 din 13
Pagina 92
Philip Howard. MARBLES I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls ' Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through . It is a losing game but we keep on trying . ' If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...
Philip Howard. MARBLES I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls ' Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through . It is a losing game but we keep on trying . ' If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...
Pagina 94
... marbles , there may be a reference to the lack of testicles as evincing abnormality . To go for all the marbles means to go for broke in gambling slang . It signifies a gambler's last desperate or hopeful wager , as in CBS News : ' He ...
... marbles , there may be a reference to the lack of testicles as evincing abnormality . To go for all the marbles means to go for broke in gambling slang . It signifies a gambler's last desperate or hopeful wager , as in CBS News : ' He ...
Pagina 95
... marbles seems to be derived partly from meubles , partly from the hard crystalline metamorphic rock , and partly from the old game of alleys or marbles , so called because some of them are made from marble . The game is very old . Roman ...
... marbles seems to be derived partly from meubles , partly from the hard crystalline metamorphic rock , and partly from the old game of alleys or marbles , so called because some of them are made from marble . The game is very old . Roman ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
academic acronym adjective adverb American auto-antonyms band-wagon become better Bible bird British English Brownie called century classics cliché coined collision common cowboy describe Dictionary editor English language eponymous etymology example fashionable free lunch French fudge grammar gravy train Greek hope hopefully hype idiolect idiom Indian English ivory tower jargon journalists journos lady Latin linguistic living look Lord marbles mean metaphor modern Naafi naff never nice noun origin Oxford Oxford English Dictionary paradox Pathetic Fallacy person Phil Mahre phrase political politicians popular prodigal pronounced pronunciation quotation quotes Received Pronunciation recent refer reflexive reflexive pronouns rubbish sengreen sense sentence silly slang social sounds spelling Teddy television term Thatcher thing tion Tommy Handley translation twerp unicorn United Kingdom usage verb vocabulary vogue wally weasel word White Knight woman write wrong wrote
Referințe la această carte
Medical Writing: A Prescription for Clarity Neville W. Goodman,Martin B. Edwards Previzualizare limitată - 2006 |