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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Give a dog a bad name and hang him; Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself; Give credit where credit is due; Give him an inch and he will take a mile; Give the devil his/her due; God helps those who help themselves

  3. Curtsy - Wikipedia

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    The back leg crosses the front leg. A young girl presenting flowers to Queen Elizabeth II outside Brisbane City Hall in March, 1954. A curtsy (also spelled curtsey or incorrectly as courtsey ) is a traditional gendered gesture of greeting, in which a girl or woman bends her knees while bowing her head.

  4. Contrapposto - Wikipedia

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    It can further encompass the tension as a figure changes from resting on a given leg to walking or running upon it (so-called ponderation). The leg that carries the weight of the body is known as the engaged leg, the relaxed leg is known as the free leg. [1] Usually, the engaged leg is straight, or very slightly bent, and the free leg is ...

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    "Chav" is used throughout England, though "charv" or "charva" was originally used in the northeast, deriving from the Roma word charva, meaning a disreputable youth. cheeky * impertinent; noun form, cheek, impertinence; a child answering back to an adult might be told "don't give me any of your cheek" (also there is the expression "cheeky ...

  6. Underwear - Wikipedia

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    Chausses were also giving way to form-fitting hose, [5] which covered the legs and feet. Fifteenth-century hose were often particolored, with each leg in a different-colored fabric or even more than one color on a leg.

  7. Photo of woman crossing her legs on a subway is baffling the ...

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    For some people it's hard enough to just sit comfortable with one leg over the other -- and men especially. After Imgur user SickOfFeelingNumb posted the photo , hundreds of people began commenting.

  8. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...

  9. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).