第一个解释来自The meanings and origins of sayings and phrases：Cat got your tongue?'Cat got your...
第一个解释来自The meanings and origins of sayings and phrases：Cat got your tongue?'Cat got your...
or anxiety was bad for one's health. A cat - and for that matter a person - might worry itself into an early grave. Over the years, the meaning of "care" changed and lost its meaning (except in phrases like "not a care in the world") and the saying mutated into "curiosity" ...
Why is it that in a post-industrial society we still discuss "flogging a dead horse" or the many ways to "skin a cat"? These phrases no longer mean what they, once did--no longer a literal translation as they are stand-ins that underscore a very different lesson or meaning--but ...
Whether you're shopping for a kids toy as a gift, birthday present, or just because, the PJ Masks Sing & Talk Catboy Plush makes a wonderful surprise! Press Cat Boy's hand to hear phrases from the hit TV series, PJ Masks, and sing along to the theme song!
“the big lesbian, Moira from Mobility” who keeps giving him wholemeal bread, and infuriated when the geeky, nervous Shepherd comes at him with God-bothering chat about religion and formulaic social-worker phrases. Jimmy’s mind is all there – even if his hand trembles, he recites his ...
Here are some equivalent phrases in other languages: 万事通 [萬事通](wànshìtōng) = jack of all trades, know-it-all: “10,000 things expert” (Chinese) duizendpoot= a person of many talents; a centipede: “1,000 leg” (Dutch) ...
That alone is worthy to be called Natural History, which investigates and records the condition of living things, of things in a state of nature; if animals, of living animals:— which tells of their 'sayings and doings,' their varied notes and utterances, songs and cries; their actions, ...
, Classical and Foreign Quotations: A Polyglot Manual of Historical and Literary Sayings, Noted Passages in Poetry and Prose, Phrases, Proverbs, and Bons Mots (3rd ed., 1904), 255. Science quotes on: | Character (259) | Education (423) | Example (98) | History (716) | Philosophy (...
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