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The dragon plays a minor part as an omniscient and bored character, whose wisdom is limited to telling Grendel "to seek out gold and sit on it"; [4] his one action in the novel is to endow Grendel with the magic ability to withstand attacks by sword (a quality Gardner found in the original). [5]
sit sine labe decus: let honour stainless be: Motto of the Brisbane Boys' College (Brisbane, Australia). sit tibi terra levis: may the earth be light to you: Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted as S.T.T.L., the same way as today's R.I.P. sit venia verbo: may there be forgiveness for the word: Similar to the English idiom "pardon my ...
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
Macy’s and other department stores, such as Kohl’s, Nordstrom and JCPenney, have lost out in recent years to online retailers like Amazon; big box retailers that sell groceries and a range of ...
Sit on it may refer to: Sitting; Slang for waiting or hoarding/holding onto something until the right time to sell it or let it go "Sit on it", derogatory catchphrase created by Bob Brunner and said by Fonzie on the 1970s-80s television show Happy Days (meaning "piss off") Sit on It!, 1975 jazz album by Jimmy Smith
“Adding gold to your home at the holidays is a way of celebrating these gifts and inviting in even more of them.” Perhaps the most opulent holiday color, it shows up frequently in bows ...
In the end, Kinross Gold had little choice but to walk away from its massive Fruta del Norte gold mining project in Ecuador. Like other nations with significant natural resources in its boundaries ...
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.