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and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb...

English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is a combination of the twenty...

translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric...

The conventional wisdom or received opinion is the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public and/or by experts in a field. In religion...

realised that "the signals represent the tones of the syllables of conventional phrases of a traditional and highly poetic character." Many African languages...

Square is slang for a person who is conventional and old-fashioned, similar to a fuddy-duddy. This sense of the word "square" originated with the American...

written form and in formal contexts. The 12-hour clock in speech often uses phrases such as ... in the morning, ... in the afternoon, ... in the evening, and...

wíŋke̞ːs̠], Ecclesiastical Latin: [in ok ˈsiɲo ˈvint͡ʃes]) is a Latin phrase conventionally translated into English as "In this sign thou shalt conquer", often...

of the tongue and is aware of God's presence. There are numerous conventional phrases and expressions invoking God. Reciting the Quran sincerely is also...

which were once in use throughout the length and breadth of the land. Such phrases originated, no one can say when. It is ventured that this expression originated...

sesame" is the conventional arrangement, however. Sesame seeds grow in a seed pod that splits open when it reaches maturity, and the phrase possibly alludes...

mime their hints without using any spoken words, which requires some conventional gestures. Puns and visual puns were and remain common. A charade was...

and gave him John, and we made his wife fertile for him. A more conventional phrasing would be: "We granted his prayer; we made his wife fertile for him;...

being told that the peasants had no bread. "Let them eat cake" is often conventionally attributed to Marie Antoinette, although there is no evidence that she...

of reason, or of the order established by law. There must be no conventional phrases, no waste of words. The British civil service of the 19th and early...

consciousness of their French origin. This article covers French words and phrases that have entered the English lexicon without ever losing their character...

telecommunications to broadcast information. The conventional symbol for current is I, which originates from the French phrase intensité du courant, (current intensity)...

and the four maxims. They are instead tied to the conventional meaning of certain particles and phrases such as "but, although, however, nevertheless, moreover...

deed goes unpunished" is an ironic twist on this conventional morality. The ironic usage of the phrase appears to be[weasel words] a 20th-century invention...

evolution of Soviet doctrine, which began to recognise the need for a conventional phrase, away from the previously expected purely nuclear operations. A typical...