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Staubs and
Ditchwater: A Friendly and Useful Introduction to ...
Written in an easily accessible style and filled with insights and stories, this book is part memoir and part workbook, as well as an important contribution to the study of Appalachian folklore.
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The Proverbial Bernard Shaw: An Index to Proverbs in the ...
212, 1913) THE WIFE: These people treat us as if we were dirt beneath their feet.
(093, p. 186, 1922) PATRICIA: ... his wife treats him as if he were dirt under her
feet. (138, p. 229, 1935) MP, 169. DITCHWATER: 1. BRAILSFORD: I should think
...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 1994
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
ditchwater. dull as ditchwater:seedull as dishwateratDULL. ... and in German as
entzwei und gebiete. Since the early 17th century, English writers have often
wrongly attributed it to the Italian political philosopher Niccolò ditchwater dive
divide.
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
As dull as ditchwater (ODEP 208; EAP 111; MP 171) 1844 The people are "as
dull as ditchwater." (p. 17) Maxwell, W. H. Sports and Adventures in the
Highlands and Islands of Scotland. London: Routledge, 1844. 1982 I was awful
in the part, ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Hot Prospects: The Proven Prospecting System to Ramp Up Your ...
Chair, Waterby Rotary Fund-Raising Committee Assistant Director, Ditchwater
Light Opera Festival Column width = 4.8 Collecting celebrity tennis shoes and
ancient Egyptian pectoral necklaces. Excellent professional references will be ...
Ashes. and. Ditchwater. When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me
with a shower of mercy. / When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song. I
can remember quoting these lines of famed Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore in
...
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General Knowledge of English Literature
Dull as ditchwater—uninteresting, boring. E.g., The play we saw last night was as
dull as ditchwater. In deep water—in difficulties To make a holeinthewater—
tocommit suicideby drowning. Of the first water—of the finest quality. ditchwater.
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An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
and earlier digne (arrogant) as ditchwater (cf. stinhing with pride). She was as
digne as water in a dich (Chauc. A. 3964). dither. To quahe. Dial., hut now in
pretty gen. use. Earlier didder, thinned form of dodder1. Sereral minutes of sheer
...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
DITCHWATER dull as ditchwater uninteresting, boring The play we saw last night
was as dull as ditchwater. DITHER all of a dither very confused and unable to
decide He was all of a dither when he saw all those wads of money lying around.
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... but he kept his distance. ditchwater as dull as ditchwater very boring or
uninteresting: The lecture was as dull as ditchwater. do I etc could do with/could
be doing with (something) it would be better if I had or did (something): / could do
with a ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Jackie Barrie explains how auto lenders can learn “Lessons from Ling”
Hugh Dickerson admitted: "Car finance is as dull as ditchwater." So where is the innovation and inspiration? At one end of the spectrum are the ... «Asset Finance International, 7月 15»
Wimbledon 2015: Order of play, Wednesday 1 July
Raonic may be as dull as ditchwater, but this could be the last chance to see the wonderful 37-year-old Haas at SW19. Putintseva v V Williams, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, 6月 15»
Daily catch-up: Liz Kendall wins first Labour hustings with three …
The Newsnight Labour leadership hustings did wonders for the reputation of ditchwater. It was the sort of thing that gives pedestrians a bad ... «The Independent, 6月 15»
If Damian Lewis Becomes The New James Bond Will He Single …
As actors they're both as dull as ditchwater with neither in possession of that slightly unhinged spark of wild abandon and unique brand of ... «The Inquisitr, 6月 15»
Film review: JURASSIC WORLD ***
For about an hour, Jurassic World fills that complex need, reclaiming the monster movie after last year's ditchwater-dull Godzilla. There are ... «Cyprus Mail, 6月 15»
Mark Taylor's Bristol Pub of The Week: The Prince of Wales
There wasn't a soul in the place when I arrived, with only the barman standing behind the bar watching the dull-as-ditchwater game between ... «Bristol Post, 6月 15»
BBC2's Napoleon reviewed: does Andrew Roberts's pet Frog need …
There are too many historians; too many dull-as-ditchwater scenes of Elizabeth and her ladies-in-waiting; there's too much frenzied pointing up ... «Spectator.co.uk, 6月 15»
Six rules for PR novices to rub along with journalists
My weekend was either so incredibly fantastic that I wouldn't want to share it with a semi-stranger, or was so dull as ditchwater that I'd be ... «The National, 6月 15»
One mile down, and a lifetime of swimming to go
This is because I reckon reading a report by a mediocre surfer or bog-snorkeller is as dull as ditchwater, while one from a Mr Bean-alike is more ... «Irish Times, 5月 15»
Worth Another Look: Joe Versus the Volcano
Never mind that Robinson Crusoe is, in real life, dull as ditchwater, and Romeo and Juliet is about a couple of teenagers who died for no ... «National Catholic Register, 4月 15»
