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Brewer's: Batrachomyomachia
(pronounce Ba-trak'o-my'o-makia). A storm in a puddle; much ado about nothing. The word is the name of a mock heroic poem in Greek, supposed to be by Pigres of Caria, and means The Battle…Brewer's: Dutch Nightingales
Frogs. Similarly, Cambridgeshire nightingales; Liège nightingales, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dutch SchoolDutch Gold A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: King Log
A roi fainéant, a king that rules in peace and quietness, but never makes his power felt. The allusion is to the fable of The Frogs desiring a King. (See Log.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: King Stork
A tyrant that devours his subjects, and makes them submissive with fear and trembling. The allusion is to the fable of The Frogs desiring a King. (See Log.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Fen Nightingale
A frog, which sings at night in the fens, as nightingales sing in the groves. (See Arcadian Nightingale.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fence MonthFemynye…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Living or Dead?, II
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIIII Every one knows that, even when there is no sign, life is often secretly present, and may begin again in an apparently dead body. Kadambini was not dead;…The Devil's Dictionary: F
by Ambrose Bierce EGFFAIRYFAITHFAMOUSFASHIONFEASTFELONFEMALEFIBFICKLENESSFIDDLEFIDELITYFINANCEFLAGFLESHFLOPFLY-SPECKFOLLYFOOLFORCEFOREFINGERFOREORDINATIONFORGETFULNESSFORKFORMA…Brewer's: Cuckoo-Spit
“Frog-Spit,” or “Froth-Spit.” The spume which forms the uidus of an insect called the Cicada Spumaria, or, more strictly speaking, the Cercopis Spumaria (one of the three divisions of the…Brewer's: Troxartas
[bread-cater ]. King of the mice and father of Psycarpax, who was drowned. Fix their council ... Where great Troxartas crowned in glory reigns ... Psycarpax' father, father now no more'…Brewer's: Scythian Defiance
When Darius approached Scythia, an ambassador was sent to his tent with a bird, a frog, a mouse, and five arrows, then left without uttering a word. Darius, wondering what was meant, was…Trending
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