By Martin H Manser
Notice the attention-grabbing international of allusions in a single in-depth consultant. "The evidence on dossier Dictionary of Allusions" offers a entire advisor to allusions within the English language. In nearly 4,000 entries, this new source explores famous occasions, locations, humans, and phenomena whose names have bought linguistic importance, conveying a specific message past a trifling connection with the items mentioned. Entries are drawn from a variety of resources, together with Shakespeare and the Bible; Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology; texts from literature during the a long time; old occasions; pop culture; and picture and tv. person entries include pronunciation courses, definitions, examples, info on derived kinds, and extra. An index, consultant to exploit, and cross-references around out this obtainable dictionary.Entries comprise: Achilles' heel; Godzilla; Indiana Jones; Phoenix emerging from the ashes; Svengali; and, even more.
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Harry smiled blandly till they were well on the pavement, saying some nothing, and keeping the victim’s face averted from the avenging angel; and then, when the raised hand was sufficiently nigh, he withdrew two steps towards the nearest lamp-post” (Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, 1858). avenging angel (bvernbs) Hell; the underworld. In Roman mythology, a cave beside the volcanic lake of Avernus in Campania, central Italy, was identified as the entrance to the underworld and thus the name of the lake became synonymous with hell itself.
It was named after the legendary Andromeda, daughter of King Cepheus of Ethiopia and Cassiopeia, who was greatly admired for her beauty. When Cassiopeia boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the sea nymphs known as the Nereids, they persuaded the sea god Poseidon to send a monster to ravage Cepheus’s land. In order to appease the monster, Andromeda was chained to a rock and offered as a sacrifice. She was rescued by Perseus, who killed the monster by showing it the severed head of Medusa, who turned all who looked at her into stone.
A symbol of the household values that lie at the heart of the American national character. The image of apple pie as a thoroughly American dish dates back to its association with the Pilgrim Fathers, who were the continent’s first permanent European settlers. It is often linked with “motherhood” in the phrase motherhood and apple pie. Little league baseball is as American as apple pie. apple pie Appleseed, Johnny apples of Sodom See johnny appleseed. See dead sea fruit. apples of the Hesperides See labors of hercules.