In the long run. Eventually. Here “long run” is not the correlative of a “short run,” but the Latin adverb demum, ultimately; in French, “A la longue.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
How about the long-tailed beggar? A reproof given to one who is drawing the longbow too freely. The tale is that a boy who had been a short voyage pretended on his return to have forgotten…
(A) is 13. A long hundred is 120. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long-headedLong Chalk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…
Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Beginning a Long Journey In 1803, availing himself of a plausible pretext to send out an exploring expedition, President Jefferson asked Congress to…
(A) or Long Chalks He beat me by a long chalk or by long chalks. By a good deal; by many marks. The allusion is to the game of dominoes, where the notation is made by chalk on a table.…
Clever, sharp-witted. Those who believe in the shape and bumps of the head think that a long head indicates shrewdness. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long…
(See Lane.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long Meg of WestminsterLong Home 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…
The odds laid on a horse which has apparently no chance of winning the race. Any similar bet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long ParliamentLong Meg of…
The parliament which assembled November 3rd, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell on April 20th, 1653; that is, 12 1/2 years. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
Peter Aartsen, the Flemish painter; so called on account of his extraordinary height. (1507-1573.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long RunLong Parliament A…
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