Expressions (A–Z)
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The ascent to the head of his joy
Figuratively: to rejoice exceedingly over something very important to oneself. B...
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The Awesome Days
See: "Awesome days."
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The Awl Has Come Out of the Sack
Figuratively: the true reason for something has been revealed; the real motive b...
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The back of the hand
The upper part beyond the palm of the hand.
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The Back of the Mountain
The area west of the water divide line in the mountains of Samaria or on its oth...
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The backward counting began
In the question: The event is about to unfold over a fixed period of time that i...
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The Balfour Declaration
The British declaration of 1917, which was sent by British Foreign Secretary Lor...
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The ball's in his court
Figuratively: He is the one who must respond now. Now it is his turn to speak hi...
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The Banality of Evil
Acts of evil committed by ordinary human beings and which can be done in a routi...
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The basic arithmetic operations
The fundamental arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, an...
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