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Which it is said, In the beginning was the Word. For when we give expression to something which we know, the word used is necessarily derived from the...

Look up Indian giving in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Indian giver" is a pejorative expression used to describe a person who gives a "gift" and later...

"Give me the man and I will give you the case against him" (Polish: Dajcie mi człowieka, a paragraf się znajdzie; translated to English more literally...

Boże and Jak Bóg da are similar expressions to the South Slav versions. They mean "God, give" and "if God will give/allow". In Romanian, Să dea Dumnezeu...

In linguistics, a phatic expression (English: /ˈfætɪk/, FAT-ik) is a communication which primarily serves to establish or maintain social relationships...

a more current use to describe equivalent exchanges. In 1654, the expression quid pro quo was used to generally refer to something done for personal gain...

Johnny & the Expressions was a group fronted by Johnnie Matthews. They had a hit with "Something I want to Tell You". Some sources state that the lead...

Something to Remember is a compilation album by American singer Madonna, released by Maverick Records on November 3, 1995. The album was conceived after...

piss?', when referring to an individual who takes above and beyond what is thought acceptable, similar to the expression, 'give them an inch and they take...

the whole string, the empty string, or something in between) which has been consumed by the parsing expression; this prefix is what one would usually...

movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g., "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre". The expression literally means...

someone. Can also be used to give general admiration toward something. iykyk Acronym for "If you know, you know." Used to describe inside jokes. jit...

Rosenwald for giving him the phrase. The September 1916 edition of the Auburn Seminary Record printed another early use of the expression. "[Hugh K. Walker]...

October 9, 2014. Martin, Gary (1996). "The meaning and origin of the expression: Talk to the hand ('cause the face ain't listening)". The Phrase Finder. Retrieved...

known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its liturgy that are used as strong...

I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By is an album led by pianist John Hicks, recorded in 1987. The album was recorded in Monster, The Netherlands...

chingada," or to go away upset, to go fuck yourself. Irse algo a la chingada: to break or damage something, something "going away to la chingada". Llevárselo...

for the future. When referring to past good luck the expression is usually used in hopes of the good thing continuing to occur via its spoken acknowledgment...

another slang expression for something very easy or it's a cinch. Easy peasy, a childish expression for something very easy. Expressions with a stronger...

"unlike a patent, a copyright gives no exclusive right to the art disclosed; protection is given only to the expression of the idea—not the idea itself...