proverbial expression
11phrase — /frayz/, n., v., phrased, phrasing. n. 1. Gram. a. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. b. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and… …
12Indian giver — For the 1910 Fruitgum Company song, see Indian Giver (song). For the 1910 Fruitgum Company album of the same name, see Indian Giver (album). Indian giver is an expression used mostly by European Americans to describe a person who gives a gift… …
13phrase — /freɪz / (say frayz) noun 1. Grammar a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in the sentence. 2. Speech a word or group of spoken words which the mind focuses on momentarily as a meaningful unit …
14Goodwin Sands — The Goodwin Sands are a 10 mile long sand bank in the English Channel, lying six miles east of Deal in Kent, England. More than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked upon them and as a result, they are marked by numerous lightships and… …
15Striped Hyena — Taxobox name = Striped Hyena fossil range = Pliocene Recent status = LR/nt | status system = IUCN2.3 trend = unknown regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Hyaenidae genus = Hyaena species = H. hyaena… …
16Turkish grammar — This article concerns the grammar of the Turkish language. A companion to this article is Turkish vocabulary. Three features that, together, distinguish Turkish from many other languages are the following: #Turkish is highly agglutinative: its… …
17phrase — [[t]freɪz[/t]] n. v. phrased, phras•ing 1) gram. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical unit and lacking a finite verb or such elements of clause structure as subject and verb, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an… …
18Key-cold — a. Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. [Formerly, a proverbial expression.] Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
19light-of-love — Light o love Light o love (l[imac]t [ o] l[u^]v ), n. 1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. Best sing it to the tune of light o love. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
20Light-o'-love — (l[imac]t [ o] l[u^]v ), n. 1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. Best sing it to the tune of light o love. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A light or wanton… …
