10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICK THE EYES OUT»
Discover the use of
pick the eyes out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pick the eyes out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1932 ('Stuart Wood'). pick the eyes out of. See eye-picker. pick-up, n A chance (
esp. if carnal) acquaintance (gen. female): low coll.:—1895 (Funk & Wagnall's).
Ex the S.E. pick up with, to make acquaintance with someone casually met.
2
Who Calls
the Tune?: A Psychodramatic Approach to Child Therapy
Well . . . yes ... a good expression, 'pick the eyes out': the eyes on their own have
no vision. A therapist who does this goes away with a method that produces no
insights. A bundle of unattached 'skills' is a dead thing. MAJOR THEORETICAL ...
3
Race and
the Modernist Imagination
Shall I pick the eyes out of a story for £40!! I'm furious with Sadler [sic] — No, I'll
never agree. I'll supply another story, but that is all. The outline would be blurred
— It must have those sharp lines. (Letters, 303) 66 Mansfield's conviction that to ...
While the desire to pick the eyes out of the potato of life is understandable, it is
not achievable. For a second assumption requires that society, acting through
government, can know in advance the difference between actions that will
increase ...
... pick the eyes out of the face of God. Was that America? And all the people who
went there, Europeans, negroes, Japanese, 40 Chinese, all the colours and the
races, were they the To Stay or Not To Stay 77.
D. H. Lawrence, L. D. Clark, 1987
6
The Colorado Labor Wars: Cripple Creek 1903-1904, A ...
Old shafts provided high-graders access to active parts of the mine after the shift
had been hoisted. Usually, the departing miners had blasted going off shift, so
the high-graders would rush to the fresh muck pile and “pick the eyes” out of the ...
Tim Blevins, Chris Nicholl, and Calvin P. Otto, eds., 2006
7
The Welshman's Candle: Or
The Divine Poems of Mr. Rees ...
16 The plague, within their houses, stalks — In all their streets, fell famine walks
And, in the fields, the ravens pick The eyes out of the helpless sick. 1 7 Both God
and man seem to have left The wretches of all hopes bereft, And will not any pity
...
Rhys Prichard, William Evans, 1771
8
The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney
I was not for ten years trying to pick the eyes out of the country; I was not for ten
years occupying a high position, and the whole time, with my eyes open,
watching how I could fatten my own purse." At this point, the deputy speaker and
...
9
The Monthly chronicle; a national journal
What can he be good for, even if you sometimes let him pick the eyes out of a
sheep's head, and there cannot be much else to eat upon it, for his Sunday
dinner? What can he be fit for but to spoil a good cause, and to turn his back
upon his ...
Sea gulls pick the eyes out of the fish, causing them to die before accomplishing
their life's purpose. The great baldhead eagles catch more than they can eat,
leaving them to rot on the rocks. Two black bears scampered away at our
approach; ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICK THE EYES OUT»
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pick the eyes out is used in the context of the following news items.
Jockeys premiership race brightens winter of controversy
McDonald has the backing of Godolphin, while Shinn and Bowman will be trying to pick the eyes out of the best rides available. Champion ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Dons mustn't leave Hird hanging: Bomber
“I would just pick the eyes out of the list and assess it the way it is and those you want to go forward with you do, and those you don't you get rid ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
Pssst: Greg Champion wants another grand final day gig
We will finish top four one year and we will go and pick the eyes out of our zone and end up with some cracking players because we will be ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
Parramatta Council to vote on radical plan for expansion to …
Merge it all or nothing - you can't just pick the eyes out of it & remove the economic benefits that business provides from the surrounding ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
The price of a good steak is something to beef about
"With the lower Aussie dollar they can pick the eyes out of our best cuts." He says Chinese buyers are eager to get their hands on the traditional ... «Good Food, Jun 15»
TV Review: The end of Campbell Live
Our TV system was created with the BBC as an exemplar but, as always, commercial interests wanted to pick the eyes out. In Britain, Lew ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
New Scrabble word list: age-old game embraces text-speak …
... list and start using it. The best tactic may be to pick the eyes out of the new list and memorise the most-useful and highest-scoring new syntax. «The Age, May 15»
Pasture goes further at Isabella
"It'll be kinder to the place. At the moment all the animals do is pick the eyes out of the good stuff which doesn't give anything a chance to grow.". «The Land Newspaper, May 15»
State of Origin focus is hurting rugby league's development as an …
... and NSW kept a rule in to allow people born from outside of those states to play Origin because they secretly want to pick the eyes out of New ... «Courier Mail, May 15»
ETFs create new middle ground
"If the market is efficient and active managers can pick the eyes out of the market it would make sense not to use an ETF where active ... «Money Management, Apr 15»
