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When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay: seafaring words in everyday speech. Camden ME: International Marine. ISBN 978-0-07-032877-8. Miller, Charles A. (2003). Ship of state: the nautical metaphors of Thomas Jefferson : with numerous examples by other writers from classical antiquity to the present. Lanham, MD ...
The eyed needle — a sewing tool made of bones, antlers or ivory that first appeared around 40,000 years ago in southern Siberia — might be hiding important clues about the beginnings of ...
"eBay" is a parody song by American musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of " I Want It That Way " by the Backstreet Boys . In the song, the narrator describes how he impulsively purchases unneeded (and bizarre ) items on eBay (among them being " Shatner 's old toupée ", "a Dukes of Hazzard ashtray ", and "a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre ").
Biblical parable/metaphor of the camel and the eye of the needle; The Eye of the Needle – Towards Participatory Democracy in South Africa, (1973) by philosopher Rick Turner; Eye of the Needle, 1978 novel by Ken Follett
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
The term "eye of a needle" is used as a metaphor for a very narrow opening. It occurs several times throughout the Talmud . The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying in Luke 18:25 that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" ( Jesus and the rich young man ); This is repeated in ...
If you thought teeth were only worth a couple bucks from the tooth fairy, think again. On a brand-new episode of "Antiques Roadshow" Monday, a Fred Myrick scrimshaw tooth got a price tag that ...
Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.