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The 18th edition of the dictionary, published in 2009. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, sometimes referred to simply as Brewer's, is a reference work containing definitions and explanations of many famous phrases, allusions, and figures, whether historical or mythical.
One miracle tale says, at the time of an epidemic, rather than stand by while the local people fell ill from drinking water, Arnold had them consume his monastery brews. Because of this, many people in his church survived the plague. [8] This same story is also told of Arnulf or Arnold of Metz, another patron of brewers. [9]
Brewer was born in Oxford on 7 August 1836. His father was the historian John Sherren Brewer, and his uncle, E. Cobham Brewer, the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. [2] Brewer received his early education at the Baptist school in Norwich founded by his grandfather, John Sherren Brewer Senior.
Sure, the Milwaukee Brewers have a roof. But that doesn't help everyone. With cold, driving rain, temperatures in the 30s and even the threat of snow, the Milwaukee Brewers home opener at American ...
Reds Brewers Hunter Greene Hunter Greene falls behind, falls short in a rainy loss to the Brewers This weekend, the Reds travel to Chicago for a three-game series against the White Sox.
The finale of the Cincinnati Reds series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday afternoon was postponed because of heavy rain in Cincinnati. The Brewers won 7-2 behind a two-run homer by Christian ...
Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934. In Slavic mythology, vodyanoy (Russian: водяной, IPA: [vədʲɪˈnoj]; lit. '[he] from the water' or 'watery') is a water spirit.In Czech and Slovak fairy tales, he is called vodník (or in Germanized form: Hastrman), and often referred to as Wassermann in German sources.
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).