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  1. Were atrocities and taboo. Tantalus's punishment for his act, now a, proverbial ,term for temptation without satisfaction (the source of the English word
  2. Film,". Kubrick reportedly told Clarke that his intention was to make" the, proverbial ,great science fiction film. " 2001 begins four million years ago with an
  3. Few rivals in any language. Many of its brilliant couplets have passed into the, proverbial ,commonplaces of the language, and few who use them have any idea of their
  4. Introduced autobiographical elements and character studies in his Ana basis. The, proverbial ,Philippic attacks of the Athenian orator Demosthenes (384–322 BC) on Philip
  5. Deed rewarded by God. Another hadith suggests that a man should not leave the, proverbial ,bed until the woman is satisfied, a reference many say points to orgasm.
  6. For degrees, including the defense of the" thesis Roberta ", became, proverbial , The professorial corps was highly respected. From all parts of Europe
  7. Reducing the child mortality rate in that country by 80 %, and winning the, proverbial ,hearts and minds in the Pacific. In response, the Solomon Islands began
  8. Catholic. He was noted as a very kind man and his charity to the poor became, proverbial , The invention of the stethoscope Leanne wrote the classic treatise De
  9. Being selected by a prominent academic to edit a Festschrift can symbolize the, proverbial ,passing of the torch. Ended Turning, a Canadian neuroscientist, proposed that "
  10. 1460. Arcadia remained a beautiful, secluded area, and its inhabitants became, proverbial ,as herdsmen leading simple pastoral unsophisticated yet happy lives, to the
  11. Denied Pandas that he had it. Tantalus's punishment for his actions (now a, proverbial ,term for temptation without satisfaction) was to stand in a pool of water
  12. Name of Croesus became a synonym for a wealthy man. Croesus' wealth remained, proverbial ,beyond classical antiquity: in English, expressions such as" rich as Croesus "
  13. BC. * Finally, some consider the name a reference to the Virgin Mary, whose, proverbial , gentleness can be likened to the gentleness of this cooking technique.
  14. As follows: Sub-genres include proverbial comparisons (“ as busy as a bee” ), proverbial ,interrogatives (“ Does a chicken have lips? ”) and twin formulae (“ give and
  15. Him a bit of shade, by which time however the assembly had dispersed - thus the, proverbial ,expression" Herodotus and his shade" to describe any man who misses his
  16. Law, religion,medicine, trades,crafts, and seafaring. Plautus’ proverbs and, proverbial ,expressions number into the hundreds. They sometimes appear alone or interwoven
  17. Infinite monkey theorem and its associated imagery is considered a popular and, proverbial ,illustration of the mathematics of probability, widely known to the general
  18. Scholars. Maiden defines the term proverb as follows: Sub-genres include, proverbial ,comparisons (“ as busy as a bee” ), proverbial interrogatives (“ Does a
  19. Single strand of horsehair above Le Peletier's body, a concept inspired by the, proverbial ,ancient tale of the sword of Damocles, which illustrated the insecurity of
  20. Of insects Africa has many thousand different kinds; of these the locust is the, proverbial ,scourge of the continent, and the ravages of the termites are almost incredible
  21. On the battle to allow them to fight or die in the light of day has become, proverbial , According to Cygnus, in total, Ajax killed 28 people at Troy. Death Like most
  22. Of Meg's impending engagement to the impoverished Mr. Brooke becomes the, proverbial ,'last straw ', convincing Meg to affiance herself with the young man. Uncle and
  23. To keep them, and thus the party, alive and well. In their role as tank or, proverbial ,'damage sponge ', the Warrior uses their Taunt skill to keep powerful enemies
  24. Bruegel the Elder and Pieter Bruegel the Younger, these paintings and their, proverbial ,meanings being the subject a 2004 conference, which led to a published volume
  25. Both the first and the final proposition have acquired something of a, proverbial ,quality in German, employed as aphorisms independently of discussion of
  26. Their significance in center table bets known as the" hard ways ". Two is the, proverbial ," Snake Eyes," because the two 1s that comprise it look like a pair of smalls
  27. The dust” ). The difference is that proverbs are unchangeable sentences, while, proverbial , expressions permit alterations to fit the grammar of the context. Another close
  28. Kampaku) and regents (session) for underage monarchs. The Fujiwara were the, proverbial ," power behind the throne" for centuries. Apparently they never aspired to
  29. Dictionary of American Slang considers the usage" metaphorical or perhaps, proverbial , rather than a concrete example of the later slang term ", and Pop likewise
  30. Lang. *http://www.usask.ca/english/icelanders/fsproverbs_VLS.html Proverbs and, proverbial ,materials in Volga saga *http://b2l.bz/BlHAEd Read the Icelandic Text and
  31. Jesus of Nazareth, the negative form of the golden rule already must have been, proverbial , perhaps because of Tobit 4:15. When asked to sum up the entire Torah concisely
  32. Employed unicorn to translate re 'em, providing a recognizable animal that was, proverbial ,for it sun-tamable nature. The American Standard Version translates this term "
  33. Explicitly with their sexual practices: The sins of the people of LUT became, proverbial , and the Arabic words for homosexual behavior (light) and for a person who
  34. Can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish? ", the poem moves to its multiple, proverbial ,conclusion:" a fav'rite has no friend "," know one false step is ne'er
  35. Language, and consequently admitted many phrases allusive, elliptical,and, proverbial , such as we speak and hear every hour without observing them ". His works on
  36. Said he would not go back into politics unless Thatcher" was run over by the, proverbial ,bus, and he didn't like the look of the person he thought might get her job and
  37. It begins with a verb (in this case" Let's drink! ") and it includes a, proverbial ,expression (" Only an inch of daylight left" ) though it is possible that he
  38. War, a blivet was defined as" ten pounds of manure in a five pound bag" ( a, proverbial ,description of anything egregiously ugly or unmanageable); it was applied to
  39. The same ultimate result. Each exchange between wolf and pig features ringing, proverbial ,phrases, namely:" Little pig, little pig, let me come in. " " No, no
  40. Versions of that concept in a positive form. All versions and forms of the, proverbial ,Golden Rule have one aspect in common, they all call for others the equal
  41. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. " A similar form is, proverbial ,expressions (“ to bite the dust” ). The difference is that proverbs are
  42. Nature of this narrative, the phrase valley of trouble became eminently, proverbial ,and occurs elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. The Book of Isaiah and Book of Hosea
  43. From cognitive science to understand the uses and effects of proverbs and, proverbial ,metaphors in social relations. Use in conversation Proverbs are used in
  44. And became famous for the use of logic and dialectic. The Megatons were, proverbial ,for their generosity in building and endowing temples. Jerome reports" There
  45. Ideas in this book ". Staff was described as a very intelligent man, with a, proverbial ,shyness and a real devotion for study and books. His famous library contained
  46. Took to him as a sage and philosopher. His rough and free discourse became, proverbial ,among Athenians as 'Scythian discourse '. Catharsis was the first foreigner (
  47. Of Lydia. The gold deposits in the river PACTOLE that were the source of the, proverbial ,wealth of Croesus (Lydia's last historical king) were said to have been left
  48. Ich for masculine and the adjective suffix -Na for feminine. For example,the, proverbial ,triad of most common Russian surnames follows: Feminine forms of these surnames
  49. Years his senior. A miner and rugby player, Ifor" ruled the household with the, proverbial ,firm hand ". ), cricket,and table tennis He later said," I would rather have
  50. Been inspired by the same desire to make the Bible understandable to Tyndale's, proverbial ,ploughboy. George Steiner in his book on translation After Babel refers to "

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