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61(the) Elgin marbles — the Elgin marbles [the Elgin marbles] a set of ↑marble ↑sculptures of the 5th century BC from the outside of the Parthenon in Athens which are now in the ↑British Museum. They were bought in 1801 by Lord Elgin from the Turkish authorities who… …
62lose one's marbles — {v. phr.} To go mad; become crazed. * /Stan must have lost his marbles; he is hopelessly pursuing a happily married woman./ …
63lose one's marbles — {v. phr.} To go mad; become crazed. * /Stan must have lost his marbles; he is hopelessly pursuing a happily married woman./ …
64Elgin marbles — El gin mar bles Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin. [1913 Webster] …
65Elgin Marbles — Elgin Marbles, s. Elgin 1) …
66one's marbles — noun Ones sanity. I dont think hes got his marbles …
67mouthful of marbles — noun An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking. Anticholinergic toxicity results in a characteristic mumbling, as if the patient is trying to quickly recite a haiku with a mouthful of marbles …
68all the marbles — noun everything; all that is to be had after a days worth of events, it came down to one last match; this one was for all the marbles …
69Elgin Marbles — [ elgɪn mɑːblz], die von Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin 1803 12 von Griechenland nach England gebrachten und 1816 vom britischen Staat angekauften Marmorskulpturen, v. a. die Parthenonskulpturen der Athener Akropolis (London, British Museum). Die… …
70ELGIN MARBLES — a collection of ancient sculptured marbles brought from Athens by the Earl of Elgin in 1812, and now deposited in the British Museum, after purchase of them by the Government for £35,000; these sculptures adorned certain public buildings in… …
