10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN SOMEONE'S BLACK BOOKS»
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in someone's black books in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Who Said That First?: The Curious Origins of Common Words ...
So black books referred quite literally to records of censure. From there, black
books acquired a metaphorical sense. Being in someone's black books didn't
necessarily mean anything was written in an actual book, just that disapproval
existed.
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Common Phrases: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them
(To be) in someone's black books At least as early as 1175 there were various
official books—bound in black leather and actually called Black Books—
containing straightforward matter concerning the Exchequer or the Admiralty. But
the term ...
3
Chambers concise dictionary
2 having or using no colours, only black and white, in someone's black books in
trouble or disgrace, or out of favour with them [From the 16c; a black book was
one in which the names of people deserving punishment were recorded], in the ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
The origin of the term is uncertain, though Puhoi, the name of a district in North
Auckland, New Zealand, has been suggested as the source. book be in
someone's black books: see BLACK. bell, book, and candle: see BELL. bring
someone to ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
in someone's black books in trouble or disgrace, or out of favour with them ©
From the 1 6c; a black book was one in which ... black books see IN SOMEONE'S
BLACK BOOKS at BLACK black box e» noun a FLIGHT RECORDER in an
aircraft.
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
1 fall into disfavour hefell into disfavour with the king: become unpopular,
become disliked, get on the wrong side of someone; informal be/ get in
someone's bad books, be/get in someone's black books, be in the doghouse; NZ
informal be in ...
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Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization: New ...
... it comes to mean a book recording the names of those who have rendered
themselves liable to censure (thus to be in someone's black books). In the
nineteenth century black book was also taken to mean a book of black magic and
so ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
To be in someone's black books is to be out of favour. Since the 15th century
various types of official book were known as black books, especially those used
to note down misdemeanours and punishments. The relevant books here are ...
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Concise English Dictionary
... radio communication), in black and white in writing or in print: in art. etc. in no
colours but black and white, in someone's black books, having incurred
someone's displeasure; in the black solvent, out of debt: making a profit. (O.E.
blare, black.) ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases black someone's eye hit someone in the eye so as to cause bruising. in
the black not owing any money; solvent. in someone's black books informal in
disfavour with someone. look on the black side informal view a situation from a ...
