Most wouldn’t recognise this as another saying with biblical origin, where the first instance of it was used to describe an escape with nothing at all, except one’s life. Since then, it has come to mean something avoided or achieved by an almost infinitesimally tiny margin. If you want...
[John William Colenso (1814–1883), mathematician, biblical scholar and first Bishop of Natal who had come under the influence ofF.D. Maurice. His high-minded views about the treatment of African natives, for instance allowing for polygamy among converts, had created a controversy in 1853; se...
Bible---biblical wine worm chimney neat monk frog 第二节 M4 Unit 4 Reading sow(sowed, sown) butcher stocking belt image eve I. Translate the following proverbs into English. 不劳无获。眼不见,心不 烦。有志者,事竟成。凡事有利弊。 II. Scan the text and find out the meaning of the fol...