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111the devil can quote Scripture for his own ends — The proverb alludes to the temptation of Christ by the Devil (MATTHEW iv) when the latter quotes a passage from Psalm xci. 1596 SHAKESPEARE Merchant of Venice I. iii. 93 The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy… …
112In His Own Way — Album par Bill Evans Sortie 1989 Enregistrement 9 juin 1976 Genre Jazz Label West Wind In His Own Way alias The Köln Conce …
113Worth His Weight in Gold (Rally Round) — is a song from the British based reggae Steel Pulse s album, True Democracy. The song incorporates references to Marcus Garvey and the meaning of the colors of the Black Nationalist flag. (Garvey proposed the flag with the colors red, black and… …
114an albatross round his neck — Meaning A burden which some unfortunate person has to carry. Origin A reference to the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in which the character who shot an albtross is obliged to carry the bird hung around his neck …
115that's his bible — that is his rule book, code or main reference The Oxford English Dictionary that s her bible …
116Bertie Changes His Mind — This is a Jeeves and Wooster short story collected in the book Carry on Jeeves , published in 1925. This short story tells the reader why Bertie Wooster has such a fear of public speaking, which expanded upon in the novel Right Ho, Jeeves (also… …
117at the end of his tether — Meaning Reach the end of your resources. Origin The reference is to a tethered grazing animal. ref: Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition …
118what's-his-face — Noun. A reference to anyone whose name one has forgotten …
119if living at his death — A reference to children of a life tenant to whom the remainder is bequeathed which has the effect of making the remainder contingent. Collins v Crawford (Mo) 103 SW 537, affd on reh 214 Mo 167, 112 SW 538 …
120in his own favor — As a phrase of a statute rendering incompetent the testimony of the surviving party to a contract in an action between him and the personal representative of the deceased party:–testimony which will tend to establish a present legal interest in… …
