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Brewer's: Knights of the Green Cloth
Same as CARPET KNIGHTS (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the HandcuffsKnights of the Garter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Sea-green Incorruptible
(The). So Carlyle called Robespierre in his French Revolution. “The song is a short one, and may perhaps serve to qualify our judgment of the `sea-green incorruptible.' ” —Notes and…Brewer's: Green Bag Inquiry
Certain papers of a seditious character packed in a green bag during the Regency. The contents were laid before Parliament, and the committee advised the suspension of the Habeas Corpus…Brewer's: Green Baize Road
(Gentlemen of the). Whist players. “Gentlemen of the Green Cloth Road,” billiard players. (See Bleak House, chap. xxvi. par. 1.) Probably the idea of sharpers is included, as “Gentlemen of…Brewer's: Green-Eyed Jealousy
or Green-eyed Monster. Expressions used by Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, iii. 2; Othello, iii. 3). As cats, lions, tigers, and all the green-eyed tribe “mock the meat they feed on,” so…Brewer's: Green Man and Still
This public-house sign refers to the distillation of spirits from green herbs, such as peppermint cordial, and so on. The green man is the herbalist, or the greengrocer of herbs, and the…Brewer's: Green in my Eye
Do you see any green in the white of my eye (or eyes)? Do I look credulous and easy to be bamboozled? Do I look like a greenhorn? Credulity and wonderment are most pronounced in the eye…Brewer's: Green Ribbon Day
in Ireland is March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, when the shamrock and green ribbon are worn as the national badge. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Green…Brewer's: Gretna Green Marriages
Runaway matches. In Scotland, all that is required of contracting parties is a mutual declaration before witnesses of their willingness to marry, so that elopers reaching the parish of…Brewer's: George a' Green
As good as George a' Green. Resolute-minded; one who will do his duty come what may. George a' Green was the famous pinder or pound-keeper of Wakefield, who resisted Robin Hood, Will…Trending
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