«TAKE THE BIT IN ONE'S TEETH» संबंधित इंग्रजी पुस्तके
खालील ग्रंथसूची निवडीमध्ये
take the bit in one's teeth चा वापर शोधा. इंग्रजी साहित्यामध्ये वापराचा संदर्भ देण्यासाठी
take the bit in one's teeth शी संबंधित पुस्तके आणि त्याचे थोडक्यात उतारे.
To take the bit in one's teeth refers to proceeding in a bold and confident manner
and first appeared in print back in 1589. Going ahead hell for leather originally
meant that a person who was riding as fast and hard as possible would put a lot
of ...
To bring-on your head. Head over heels. Head and shoulders above. From head
to foot. On his high horse. To take the bit in one's teeth. At one fell swoop. To take
with a grain of salt. In a nutshell. Be there with bells on. A chip of the old block.
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Off to a Flying Start: Horsing Around
the Language
The related phrase “take the bit in one's teeth” describes a horse who has defied
his jockey, taken firm hold of the bit, and begun to run full out.Though top speed
is seemingly desirable in a horse race, it is often better for horses to conserve ...
Bill Tivenan, Cassandra Cook, 2009
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Keystone Folklore Quarterly
To take the bit in one's teeth. Stevenson 189. J. P. Marquand, The Late George
Apley (N.Y., 1963), 353. Every little bit helps. LRM. Cf. Fogel 134. He bit off more'
n he could chew. EB. Brown 371, Taylor- Whiting 30. You can't blame a fellow for
...
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Middle English Dictionary
Fig, biten, lacchen bridel, take the bit in one's teeth, do as one likes; cheuen upon
the ~, champ the bit, be impatient; holden (leden aboute) bi the ~, control or
dominate (sb.). cl300 Body & S.(5) p. 39: Wip pi tep pe bridel bous laust; pous dist
al ...
Robert E. Lewis, Hans Kurath, Sherman M. Kuhn, 1958
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No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from
the Popular "On ...
tacky, 317 take the bit in one's teeth, 39 tank top, 291 tawdry, 69 tchotchkes, 295-
96 teenyboppers, 9 tense, 9, 12-13 Texas leaguer, 40 than/then, 33 that/which,
33,40,66, 90 their/his or her, 36, 42, 124, 125 their/them, 32, 36 thinking to ...
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A Dictionary of Cliches
Eric Partridge. take pot-luck, to . (Of a guest) to accept an invitation to a meal not
specially prepared: from ca. 1770. I.e., what happens to be in the pot. take the bit
in one's teeth, to . To become unmanageable, to spurn restraint: mid C. 19–20.
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Dialogue and Deconstruction:
The Gadamer-Derrida Encounter
Following the expression "to take the bit in one's teeth" [prcndre le mors aux
dents]— in other words, to run wild, to set off on a foolish course. This note could
also be read as an invitation to reread the poem on the basis of what Jacques ...
Diane P. Michelfelder, Richard E. Palmer, 1989
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Eton Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Selections from ...
Whence the proverbial expression, frena mordere, " to take the bit in one's teeth
—to resist.” 322. There is another, and perhaps preferable reading,— ' Quse, si
non cecidit, potuit cecidisse videri.' 523. Apatria, “from his (Phaethon's) native
land ...
Ovid, Wharton Booth MARRIOTT, 1862
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American idioms dictionary:
... someone's teeth □ pull someone's or something's teeth □ scarcer than hen's
teeth □ set someone's teeth on edge □ sink one's teeth into something □ take
the bit in one's teeth TELL □ a little bird told me □ all told □ Tell it to the marines
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