I don’t believe one bit of your cock and bull story. Don’t give me that cock and bull story. You should have completed this long time ago. Origin This phrase was first recorded in English in 1621 in Robert Burton’s “The Anatomy of Melancholy”. It is believed that the phrase ref...
That ‘elsewhere’ received the animals together with the heavy rain and thus the saying started. 🙂 ‒ Tim Chan June 28, 2018 Aliens… Dogs, Cats and Birds are aliens watching us. They came to earth from above. ‒ Robert June 20, 2018 Please can anyone tell a story on it 😕 ...
Acocker spaniel(1823) was trained to start woodcocks.Cock-and-bullin reference to a fictitious narrative sold as true is first recorded 1620s, perhaps an allusion to Aesop's fables, with their incredible talking animals, or to a particular story, now forgotten. French has parallel expressioncoq...
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Brandon M, Cutress CE (1985) A new Dondice (Opisthobranchia: Favorinidae), predator of Cassiopea in southwest Puerto Rico. Bull Mar Sci 36:139–144 Google Scholar Broadhurst MK, Kennelly SJ (1996) Rigid and flexible separator panels in trawls that reduce the by-catch of small fish in...
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"sharp spur on the leg of a male gallinaceous bird," 1590s, from cock (n.1) + spur (n.). See origin and meaning of cockspur.
"lure with flattery and fondling," also in early use "treat endearingly" (1580s); "make a… See origin and meaning of coax.
Acocker spaniel(1823) was trained to start woodcocks.Cock-and-bullin reference to a fictitious narrative sold as true is first recorded 1620s, perhaps an allusion to Aesop's fables, with their incredible talking animals, or to a particular story, now forgotten. French has parallel expressioncoq...