10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNOCK ONE'S HEAD AGAINST»
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to keep one's head above water 1. ffeftt i ; ; tt&at#£fs 2. &asfi H I fEsHStdj*ffi (
While learning to swim, you should wiir head above water, mm&tif ' &SMUffl*ii}*ffi
° I to keep one's head down (P) i±j flSSS M I to knock one's head against JiL
KNOCK ...
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
1790 Maclay Journal 178: I have, however, kept its head above water so far.
1806 Wilson Letters lxvi: We are just getting our heads above water. Oxford 418;
TW 177(17). H1 39 To knock one's Head against the wall 1692 Bulkeley Will 105:
A ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
... fall between two stools; flounder, falter, stick in the mud, run aground, split
upon a rock; beat one's head against a stone wall, run one's head against a
stone wall, knock one's head against a stone wall, dash one's head against a
stone wall; ...
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duell
... run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's
head against; impinge; boost[U.S.]; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug [
Slang]. strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang,
slam, ...
John Donne, William Henry Draper, Izaak Walton, 1926
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A New French & English Dictionary
Se cogner la tete eontre le mur, to knock one's head against the wall, to
undertake a thing impossible. COGNOIR, sin. (irith printers) » mallet, a wooden
hammer. COGMTIF, adj. cognitive, endowed with th« power of knowing,
apprehending.
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A New French and English Dictionary
Se cogner la tête contre le mur, to knock one's head against the wall, to
undertake a thing impossible. Cognoir, sm. (with printers) a mallet, a wooden
hammer. Coo m ru , tadj. cognitive, endowed with the power of knowing,
apprehending.
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Vollständiges englisch-deutsches und deutsch-englisches ...
trerchen) you will set the poor child's bead whirling; mit tern — e gcgeii bie iiianb
rcn> n,n, to knock one's head against the wall; uberatl mil bem — c burd) we-Ucii
; to go rashly to vrork ; £iir?a* fiir icineii - tbim, to do a a thing according to one's ...
Johann Gottfried Flügel, Napoleon N W. Meissner, 1856
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American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
... the golden egg (END) 52 kill two birds with one stone (ACH) 217 knock about (
MOVE) 237 knock it off (END) 60 knock off one's feet (MOVE) 245 knock on wood
(UND) 207 knock one's block off (CONS) 171 knock one's head against the wall ...
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1001 IDIOMS TO MASTER YOUR ENGLISH
Bang/bit/hit/knock one's head against a brick wall—To waste one's efforts by
trying to do something impossible E.g. Trying to get his students to learn
everything is like banging your head against the wall. Go to someone's head—To
make ...
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A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language Designed to ...
C\', HURRYLizisvaiz; head over heels, RE\'ERSAL, REVOLUTION'Ev0Lv"rio.\';
hold one's head up, ELEVATION-DEPRESsioiv; knock one's head against,
IMPETUS-REACTION, SKILL-UNSKXLPULNESS; knock on the head, LIFEKii.i.
mo; ...
Francis Andrew March, 1906
