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DEAN: It's a limited hang out. EHRLICHMAN: It's a modified limited hang out. PRESIDENT: Well, it's only the questions of the thing hanging out publicly or privately. Before this exchange, the discussion captures Nixon outlining to Dean the content of a report that Dean would create, laying out a misleading view of the role of the White House ...
Peg out [1] To die Slang: British. Also means 'to stop working' Peppered To be shot to death Slang Usually refers to being shot multiple times (i.e. peppered with bullet holes). Perish Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn."
Alternatively, in the moment of death a person stretches their legs (Spanish: Estirar la pata means "to die") and so might kick the bucket placed there. Yet another theory seeks to extend the saying beyond its earliest use in the 16th century with reference to the Latin proverb Capra Scyria, the goat that is said to kick over the pail after being milked (920 in Erasmus' Adagia).
Take a page out of her book with these inspiring quotes. Maya Angelou's writing is full of wisdom, compassion, and understanding. ... “Being free is being able to accept people for what they are ...
[b] Q1 and F do not contain this speech, although both include a form of The Closet Scene, so the 1604 Q2 is the only early source for the quote. [ 11 ] The omission of this speech—as well as the long soliloquy in act 4, scene 4{{efn|The "How all occasions do inform against me" soliloquy which is at act 4, scene 4, lines 34–69.
In the case of friendships between lesbians and gay men, the term dyke diva describes the gay man in the relationship. A straight man of platonic affinity with gay men is a fag stag; again, the usage is rare in mainstream sexual culture. For men who have many lesbian friends the slang terms dutch boy, lesbro or dyke tyke apply. [5] [6]
One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb [5] One year's seeding makes seven years weeding; Only fools and horses work; Open confession is good for the soul. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door; Other times other manners. Out of sight, out of mind
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...