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(See Elaine.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lim HayLily of the Valley A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
To tear limb from Warburton. Lymm cum Warburton forms one rectory in Cheshire. The play is on limb and Lymm. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Limb of the…
“Noli dentes equi inspicere donati. ” Do not examine a gift too critically. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Look One Way and Row AnotherLook for a Needle in…
To cry or squall from chastisement. To sing small. To cease boasting and assume a lower tone. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sing-su-haySing Old Rose A B…
(3 syl.), in Stock-Exchange phraseology, means, “British Indian Extension Telegraph Stock.” (See Stock-Exchange Slang.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
Looking for a needle in a bottle of hay. Looking for a very small article amidst a mass of other things. Bottle is a diminutive of the French botte, a bundle; as botte de foin, a bundle of…
The Duke of Gordon. So called on a monument erected to his honour at Fochabers, in Aberdeenshire. (Died 1836.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cock of the…
[foot, etc.]. Lift up, turn up your head or foot. The allusion is to cocking hay, i.e. lifting it into small heaps or into the haycart. (See Cock Of Hay) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
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