10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «LIKE GRIM DEATH»
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To hang (hold) on like grim death (APP 96; ODEP 377; EAP 100; MP 159) 1884 "
Well, I hung on like grim death." (p. 396) Harte, Bret. Tales of the Argonauts; On
the Frontier. New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1884. 1895 "when you've got your ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
MEND ANYTHING Amazing New Way VIETALLIC-X Strange Liquid Metal Holds
Like GRIM DEATH! rpHE universal fixer has been discovered _L at last! A
strange metallic liquid called METALLIC-X binds any materials together as if
welded ...
... noun [U] "idiom hang/hold on like grim death uk to hold on very tightly to
something, despite great difficulty: Darren always drives and I sit behind him,
hanging on like grim death. grimace ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
2. feeling or looking very ill or miserable: That dreadful period when you're just
coming out of an anesthetic and feeling like nothing on earth is not the time when
you want a visitor. like death like grim death like death (also: like death warmed ...
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Anglické obrazné fráze a idiomy - English as easy as ABC
... feel like a queen/a princess; to feel as right as rain. – to hang/hold on like grim
death – zoufale se k něčemu upínat, ze všech sil se bránit The captain of the
storm-tossed ship later told reporters that they had been hanging on like grim
death.
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A Dictionary of Cliches
*grim death , in to hang (or hold) on like grim death and to look like grim death.
Respectively mid C. 19–20 and late C. 19–20. To hang on grimly; to look
exceedingly grim. grin and bear it, to . To submit with a grin (and without lament
or ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
0 Later Mr Ashby left the court, grim-faced and silent, unpleasant© 3 informal very
unpleasant or ugly: a grim-looking block of flats • grimly /'grim.li/ adverb •
grimness /'gnm.nas/ noun [U] ▻ idiom hang/hold on like grim death uk to hold on
very ...
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Winning the Mental Game on Wall Street: The Psychology and ...
not in the original map but in hanging on like grim death to an obsolete map that
no longer represented the territory in external reality. Things had changed. When
things change, we have to change opinions. We said “hang on like grim death,” ...
John Magee, W.H.C. Bassetti, 2000
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The adventures of Philip on his way through the world
... like grim death ; and the fellows call them Mrs. Grim Death and her daughter.
Our surgeon called them so, and a doocid rum fellow- — and they chaff me about
it, you know — ever so many of the fellows do — and I'm not going to be had in ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, 1862
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The Oxford Thackeray: With Illustrations
... she didn't, Mrs. Twysden ! and I thought my black mare would have kicked her
off one day — I mean the daughter — but she stuck on like grim death ; and the
fellows call them Mrs. Grim Death and her daughter. Our surgeon called them so,
...
William Makepeace Thackeray, George Saintsbury, 1862
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like grim death вживається в контексті наступних новин.
Madballs are coming back, as all '80s toys must eventually
... childhoods like grim death. (Parents' groups in the '80s would have flipped out if a Mrs. Voorhees doll appeared on a Kay-Bee Toys shelf.). «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Липень 15»
How To Go To Cuba Right Now: A Travel Primer
Hold on to your visa like grim death, as you will need to provide it to the proprietors at each establishment you stay. I can't tell you what ... «Gothamist, Червень 15»
Jeren Kendall Hits a Walk-Off Home Run!
He held on like grim death, and gave us a chance. After a Will Toffey K, Bryan Reynolds foiled any plans of an easy CSF 9th. He traded places ... «Anchor of Gold, Червень 15»
Discrimination built into French contract system
So it is hardly surprising that, as Ms Maier suggests, employees on CDIs typically hang on to them like grim death, rejecting what may be ... «Financial Times, Червень 15»
David Penman: Like rabbits in the hedgerows as we're squirted with …
"Most of the brave boys bring various souvenirs back with them – German helmets etc – and they hold on to them like grim death." Writing from ... «Ashbourne News Telegraph, Червень 15»
Why the Stock Market Will Crash
... in student loan debt, priced out of the housing market, and left with burger flipping jobs as Boomers cling to their jobs like grim death. «The Market Oracle, Травень 15»
Video: Wish you were here, Mr. Mayor (commentary)
De Blasio, in other words, should hold on to Bratton like grim death. Meanwhile, 57 percent of city residents (and 73 percent of Islanders) say ... «SILive.com, Травень 15»
Titus Andronicus review: Nightmarish interpretation of Shakespeare …
Normally with Titus Andronicus, you hang on like grim death to the residual eloquence of the verse while the limbs are lopped off: this remains ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Травень 15»
Five political problems with 'Full Fiscal Autonomy' for Scotland
... actually demanding full fiscal autonomy, are clinging onto mother UK's coat-tails like grim death wailing “NO DETRIMENT TO SCOTLAND!”. «Democratic Audit UK, Травень 15»
Mark Drought: Libertarianism: It's a mirage
Perhaps it's the same reason so many politicians who claim to back term limits cling to their congressional seats like grim death for decades. «The Advocate, Квітень 15»
