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Brewer's: Mince the Matter
Not to mince the matter. To speak outright; not to palliate or gloss over the matter. Terence has “Rem profer palam” (Heauitimoroumenos, v. 2, 41). The French say, “Je ne le lui ai point…Brewer's: Footing
He is on good footing with the world. He stands well with the world. This is a French phrase, Être sur un grand pied dans le monde. “Grand pied” means “large foot,” and the allusion is to…Brewer's: Finger Benediction
In the Greek and Roman Church the thumb and first two fingers represent the Trinity. The thumb, being strong, represents the Father; the long or second finger, Jesus Christ; and the first…Brewer's: Jenny Wren
the sweetheart of Robin Redbreast. Robin promised Jenny, if she would be his wife, she should `feed on cherry-pie and drink currant-wine'; and he says: `Ill dress you like a goldfinch, Or…Brewer's: Lamb's Conduit Street
(London). Stow says, “One William Lamb, citizen and clothworker, born at Sutton Valence, Kent, did found near unto Oldbourne a faire conduit and standard; from this conduit, water clear as…Brewer's: Humbug
A correspondent in Notes and Queries (March 5th, 1892) suggests as the fons et origo of this word the Italian Uomo bugiardo, a lying man. To hum used to signify “to applaud,” “to pretend…N - R
Ralph NaderJacques NeckerArthur NegusWalter Loomis NewberryJohn NewberyMontagu Collet, NormanSir Dudley NorthWilliam Richard Morris, NuffieldAdolph S. OchsBertil OhlinScott Oki Frank Ward O'…Brewer's: Cavalier
(3 syl.). A horseman; whence a knight, a gentleman. (Latin, caballus, a horse.) The Cavalier. Eon de Beaumont, the French soldier; Chevalier d'Eon. (1728-1810.) Charles Breydel, the…Brewer's: Cock and Bull Story
A corruption of a concocted and bully story. The catch-pennies hawked about the streets are still called cocks- i.e. concocted things. Bully is the Danish bullen (exaggerated), our bull-…Brewer's: Eat
To eat humble pie. (See Humble Pie.) To eat one out of house and home. To eat so much that one will have to part with house and home in order to pay for it. To eat one's words. To…Trending
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