10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «BOW AND SCRAPE»
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Slang
and Its Analogues Past
and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
He took off his Highland bonnet, and performed a bow and scrape. 3. (common).
— A shave: hence scraper = (a) a razor, and {b) a barber ; and as verb — to
shave. 1869. Public Opinion, 19 June. The beard and moustache which the
sailors in ...
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1903
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Rxb. Sagacious phiz, that might demand A scrape from any tony, WILSON Poems
(1834) 33. w.Ir. Says I, makin' a bow and scrape agin, LOVER Leg. (1848) I. 168.
Lan. Aw made a scroap wimi hough, TIM BOBBIN View Dial. (cd. 1740) 21.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Says I, makin' a bow and scrape agin, Lovtta Lag. (184.8) I. 168. Lan. Aw made a
scroap wimi hough, T111 Bosmn Vt'era'al. (ed. 1740) 21. [Amen I made him a
scrape of my leg, San SLICK Cloohmnkrr (1836) 151; S'. xvii] ' . , 13. A scraping ...
The thing is, I did not have to bow and scrape to these people. Not that I'm much
of a bower-and-scraper anyway, but I know I'm expected to be for Mrs. Davidow,
Ree-Jane, the hotel guests, and people in La Porte like Helene Baum and the ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... the idioms beginning with BOW, also see TAKE A BOW; TWO 5TRING5 TO
ONE's BOW. bow and scrape Behave obsequiously or too deferentially, as in In
this fashionable store, the salespersons virtually bow and scrape before
customers.
One of them monsters with your heels on our necks, and while you're a-pressing
us to the ground you expect us to bow and scrape. And the postmaster and the
rest of us ain't a-going to do it — especially the bowing part. No, sir-ree." There ...
Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, 1901
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Harper's Monthly Magazine
One of them monsters with your heels on our necks, and while you're a-pressing
us to the ground you expect us to bow and scrape. And the postmaster and the
rest of us ain't a-going to do it—especially the bowing part. No, sir-rec.” There
was ...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, 1901
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The Complete Works of Zhuangzi
Never-Enough said to Sense-of-Harmony, “After all, there are no men who do not
strive for reputation and seek gain. If you're rich, people flock to you; flocking to
you, they bow and scrape; and when they bow and scrape, this shows they honor
...
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The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
If you're rich, people flock to you; flocking to you, they bow and scrape; and when
they bow and scrape, this shows they honor you. To have men bowing and
scraping, offering you honor — this is the way to insure length of years, ease to
the ...
Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, 1968
10
Lectures
and Best Literary Productions of Bob Taylor
... and let me bow and scrape on nature's rich carpet of green, among the
redbuds and honeysuckles, and loll on the moss-covered logs amid violets and
bluebells near the bend of the river, where the cranes bow and scrape to the
tadpoles, ...
10 NOTIZIE DOVE SI INCLUDE IL TERMINE «BOW AND SCRAPE»
Vedi di che si parla nei media nazionali e internazionali e come viene utilizzato il termine ino
bow and scrape nel contesto delle seguenti notizie.
It wouldn't hurt President Obama to continue to push for gun reform
In fact, Congress on this issue has abrogated its responsibilities to defend and protect those it represents, preferring to bow and scrape to the ... «Las Vegas Sun, lug 15»
Our view: Hear ye! Hear ye! Independence declared!
This much is certain: No more will we bow and scrape before kings and lords and other such hereditary titles. This is not merely a revolution ... «Roanoke Times, lug 15»
Greeks Should Vote Yes
What did the Troika expect - a Greek team that would bow and scrape to them? Apart from saying it, the Bloomberg article, nor anyone else, has ... «Forex Factory, lug 15»
Thomasson: It wouldn't hurt Obama to continue to push for gun reform
In fact, Congress on this issue has abrogated its responsibilities to defend and protect those it represents, preferring to bow and scrape to the ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, lug 15»
CRAIG BROWN: They shoot trout, bite partridges, hunt cats and eat …
They hate policemen, vicars, magistrates, landowners, aristocrats and all those who bow and scrape to them. Nor do they beat about the bush ... «Daily Mail, giu 15»
Review: In 'A Little Chaos,' a Guileless Kate Winslet Offsets a Lavish …
With a knowing gaze, raised eyebrow and narrowed eyes, he surveys his courtiers as they bow and scrape and jockey for royal favor. A hotbed ... «New York Times, giu 15»
Growing Up Geek
All the kids at school would bow and scrape before my dominant presence. The women would whisper tales of my seven year old prowess. «Engadget, giu 15»
Was World Cup 2010 worth it?
Here's how you must bow and scrape. A Fifa World Cup requires the host country to bend over backwards to meet Fifa's requirements, ranging ... «Mail & Guardian Online, giu 15»
The Paper Pulpit: Marriage: wedlock or deadlock?
“Submit” does not mean to bow and scrape before, to serve as a slave serves a master. It means to give the husband a place of honor. «Sanford Herald, giu 15»
Bring 'em back! Same-sex marriage opponents call for special …
... and Texas is willing to, not lead the nation, but to absolutely bow and scrape before one percent of the U.S. 'population that is homosexual. «Austin American-Statesman, giu 15»
