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... ( Anthony Trollope , Barchester Towers , 1857 ) 11. shoot the bull See 371. TALKATIVE- NESS . 12. snow job See 236. MENDACITY . 13. song and dance A misleading , false , or exaggerated story designed to evoke sympathy or to otherwise ...
... ( Anthony Trollope , Barchester Towers , 1857 ) 11. shoot the bull See 371. TALKATIVE- NESS . 12. snow job See 236. MENDACITY . 13. song and dance A misleading , false , or exaggerated story designed to evoke sympathy or to otherwise ...
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... ( Anthony Trollope , The Last Chronicle of Barset , 1867 ) 28. write on water To leave no lasting record , to make no permanent impres- sion ; also to write in the dust , on sand , or on the wind . The equivalent Latin phrase is in aqua ...
... ( Anthony Trollope , The Last Chronicle of Barset , 1867 ) 28. write on water To leave no lasting record , to make no permanent impres- sion ; also to write in the dust , on sand , or on the wind . The equivalent Latin phrase is in aqua ...
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... Anthony Trollope in just such a context : Pray don't go on in that Goody Two- shoes sort of way . 6. little old lady from Dubuque Harold Ross , long the editor - in - chief of The New Yorker , created the little old lady from Dubuque in ...
... Anthony Trollope in just such a context : Pray don't go on in that Goody Two- shoes sort of way . 6. little old lady from Dubuque Harold Ross , long the editor - in - chief of The New Yorker , created the little old lady from Dubuque in ...
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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