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Brewer's: Eat not the Heart
This is the 30th Symbol in the Protreptics of Iamblichus. Pythagoras forbade judges and priests to eat animal food at all, because it was taking away life. Other persons he did not wholly…Brewer's: Learn by Heart
(To). The heart is the seat of understanding; thus the Scripture speaks of men “wise in heart;” and “slow of heart” means dull of understanding. To learn by heart is to learn and…Brewer's: Knave of Hearts
(A). A flirt. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knave of SologneKnave A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Queen of Hearts
Elizabeth, daughter of James I. This unfortunate Queen of Bohemia was so called in the Low Countries, from her amiable character and engaging manners, even in her lowest estate. (1596-1662…Brewer's: Sacred Heart
The “Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” owes its origin to a French nun, named Mary Margaret Alacoque, of Burgundy, who practised devotion to the Saviour's heart in consequence of a…Brewer's: Cockles of the Heart
“To warm the cockles of one's heart, ” said of good wine. (Latin, cochleae cordis, the ventricles of the heart.) “Fibræ quidem rectis hisce exterioribus in dextro ventriculo proxime…Brewer's: Chicken-hearted
Cowardly. Young fowls are remarkably timid, and run to the wing of the hen upon the slightest cause of alarm. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ChienChicken A…Brewer's: Get by Heart
(To). To commit to memory. In French, “Apprendre une chose par cur.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Get One's Back UpGet, Got A B C D E F G H I J…Grace of My Heart
Director/Writer:Allison AndersDirector of Photography:Jan Yves EscoffierEditors:James Kwei and Harvey RosenstockMusic:Larry KleinProduction Designer:François SeguinProducers:Ruth Charny and…Brewer's: Soldier's Heart
A complaint common in the English army, indicated by a weak voice and great feebleness of the chest, for which soldiers are discharged. It is said to be the result of the present system of…Trending
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