To put one's nose out of joint is to supplant a person in another's good graces. To put another person's nose where yours is now. There is a good French locution, “Lui couper l'herbe sous…
The sun, the god of music. (Roman mythology.) Apollo's angry, and the heavens themselves Do strike at my injustice. Shakespeare: Winter's Tale , iii. 2. A perfect Apollo. A model of…
Cent ans bannière, cent ans civière. The ups and downs of life. A grand seigneur who has had his banner carried before him for a century, may come to drive his hand-barrow through the…
or Barretry. Qui fait barat, barat lui vient (French). With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Barratry is false faith to one's employers. It is a sea term, and…
Parler à la barrette (French). To give one a thump o' the head. The word barrette means the cap worn by the lower orders. “Et moi, je pourrais bien parler à ta barrette.” Molière: L'Avare…
To pepper one well. To give one a good basting or thrashing. To take pepper i' the nose. To take offence. The French have a similar locution, “La moutarde lui monte au nez.” “Take you…
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Not to mince the matter. To speak outright; not to palliate or gloss over the matter. Terence has “Rem profer palam” (Heauitimoroumenos, v. 2, 41). The French say, “Je ne le lui ai point…
The English version in use prior to the present one; so called because it was originally printed at Geneva (in 1560). Geneva Bible (The). The wine cup or beer pot. The pun is on Geneva…
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