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The exchange is cited in a collection of sayings by Leonidas before the Battle of Thermopylae (51.2–15). The main source for the events of the battle is Herodotus . According to his account, the Spartans held Thermopylae for three days, and although ultimately defeated, they inflicted serious damage on the Persian army.
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.
Norwegian slang meaning "blue-blue", derivative of "popo" and in reference to blue lights and former color of uniform. Bobby UK, derived from the Conservative British Home Secretary, Sir Robert Peel ("Bobby" being a nickname for "Robert"), the founder of the Metropolitan Police. [7] Occurs in fixed phrases e.g. "bobby on the beat", "village bobby".
Similar phrases are known in the West, such as "Burning one's boats", "burning one's bridges", "Point of no return" or "Crossing the Rubicon". Another example is 瓜田李下 (guātián lǐxià ⓘ 'melon field, beneath the plums', whose meaning
The word can mean a multitude of things, from being compatible with someone (to vibe with them) to a place having just the right energy. Canva. We been knew "We been knew" means "we already knew ...
The rise of local slanguage is a social phenomenon in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, there are approximately 5.4 million active Internet users. [1] This immense number of Internet users apparently gives an impetus to the evolution of Hong Kong online forums and the birth of Hong Kong slanguage.
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of symbols that reads the same backwards as forwards, such as the sentence: "A man, a plan, a canal – Panama". ". Following is a list of palindromic phrases of two or more words in the English language, found in multiple independent collections of palindromic phra
The Coster's Mansion, 1899 sheet music. A costermonger was a street seller of fruit and vegetables. The term, which derived from the words costard (a type of apple) [9] and monger, i.e. "seller", came to be particularly associated with the "barrow boys" of London who would sell their produce from a wheelbarrow or wheeled market stall.