Tuesday, 13 March 2012
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The difference between an average person and a clever person is the understanding of a thousand words
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The posts in this blog, specifically those relating to mytholgy and meanings and origins of words, are the result of looking up stuff that I find intersting. These posts must be taken at face value, and hopefully serve as a catalyst to dig further for greater insight. Constructive comments would be appreciated but not expected.
Definitions from Britannica World Language edition of the Oxford Dictionary, unless otherwise stated
Definitions from Britannica World Language edition of the Oxford Dictionary, unless otherwise stated
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Not till the loom is silent
Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttle cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why
The dark threads are as needfulI
n the weavers skilful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern he has planned
And the shuttle cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why
The dark threads are as needfulI
n the weavers skilful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern he has planned
Origin and Meanings of Expressions/Words
- "Get your Ducks in a Row"
- A little learning is a dangerous thing
- A Pyrrhic Victory
- Achilles Heel
- As Dead as a Dodo
- As Sick as a Dog
- Bakers Dozen
- Bleeding Like a stuck Pig
- Catch 22
- Caught Red Handed
- Caught with his pants down
- Charlatan, meaning
- Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
- Columbus Egg
- Days of the Week: Origin of Oames
- Ducks in a Row
- Et tu, Brute? (And) You too Brutus?
- Fabian tactic / strategy
- Fart, origin and meaning
- Flash in the Pan
- Friday the 13th
- Half Assed
- Hell for Leather
- Honeymoon, origin and meaning
- Horns of a dilemma
- Julius Caesar Quotes
- Jump the Gun
- Laconic
- Not to reason why, but to do and die
- Pen is Mightier than the Sword
- Phoenix, bird that rose from the ashes
- Poppy Day,remembrance Day
- Posh, meaning and origin
- Quasi
- Quo Vadis
- Raining Cats and Dogs
- Red Light District
- Serendipity
- Son of a Gun
- SOS, MAYDAY, PAN PAN
- Stitch in Time Saves Nine
- Straight from the horse's mouth
- Sweating like a Pig
- The Die has been cast
- The Straw Man Principle
- The Whole Nine Yards
- To Turn a Blind Eye
- To turn the tables
- Toe the Line
- Touch,knock on, wood
- Under the Weather
- Utopia Utopian
- Veni, vidi, vici
- Wet your Whistle
- What does "Decimation" mean
- What does metaphysics mean
- What is Lateral Thinking?
- White Eelephant
- Why does Novem mean 9, but the 11th Month
- Women and Children First
Hercules' 12 Labors
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Mythology
- "Amazon Women"
- "Aphrodite: The Goddess of Love, Beauty and Sexual Rapture"
- "Argus : The All-Seeing
- "Aurora: The Goddess of Dawn"
- "Bacchus: God of Wine and Orgasmic Debauchery"
- "Helen of Troy" : The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships
- "Medusa: The Ugly One"
- "Neptune vs Poseidon"
- "Oedipus, The Tragic Hero
- "Pandora"
- "The Midas Touch"
- "Thor: The God of Thunder"
- "Zeus, The Unfaithful"
- Ceres(Dementer), goddess of agriculture
- Hercules : 12 Labors
- Lady Godiva
- Odin, Norse God of War
- PAN : The God of Panic and Sexual Prowess"
Quotes
Daily Quote
Words of Wisdom
Great minds discuss ideas
Average minds discuss events
Small minds discuss people
Two things are infinate
The universe and human stupidity
And I am not sure of the universe
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Average minds discuss events
Small minds discuss people
Two things are infinate
The universe and human stupidity
And I am not sure of the universe
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
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