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English Idioms:
Steal Someone’s Thunder
The very literal origin of this idiom comes from the play “Appius and Virginia,” written by English dramatist John Dennis in the early 1700s. For the production of his play, Dennis created a new method to imitate the sound of thunder. Sadly, “Appius and Virginia” had disappointing attendance and was canceled shortly after. However, Dennis soon after discovered that a production of Macbeth was using his thunder device, to critical acclaim. According to literary scholar Joseph Spence, Dennis angrily exclaimed, “Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder.”
Close But No Cigar:
In the late 19th century, carnival games were targeted for adults, not children. Therefore, instead of handing out oversized stuffed animals of undefined species, winners might receive objects like cigars as prizes. The idiom “close but no cigar” was born from those players that almost won, but didn’t earn a prize.
Spill The Beans:
The origins of this idiom are still debated, but the consensus is that it most likely comes from a voting system from Ancient Greece. This process involved placing colored beans in a vase (white for yes, black for no). Tallying up the votes would then literally require someone to spill the vase and count each bean that was cast.
I’ve Got It In The Bag:
The most widely accepted use of this idiom comes from America’s very own national pastime: baseball. In 1916, the New York Giants (now known as the San Francisco Giants) had an incredible winning streak of 26 consecutive games. The Giants believed that, if they were in the lead during the last inning of a game, moving a bag filled with extra baseballs off the field would secure their victory. They had “captured” the game in the bag. This team’s superstition has now evolved into an everyday idiom that means secured and complete success
Why do we say “costs an arm and a leg”?
From literal to figurative roots, learn the reasons why we describe expensive items as “costing an arm and leg” instead of “an eyeball and an ear.”
When you say something “costs an arm and a leg,” you’re implying that the item is prohibitively expensive. But why do we reference those body parts instead of, say, “an ear and an eye” or “a toe and a tongue”? The idiom’s origins are somewhat murky, and one of the earliest uses comes without much context. In 1576, an English translation of a Philippe de Mornay work about life and death made mention of how long and tedious actions may come “at the cost of an arme or a leg.” The topic of the work implies the initial definition was more literal, and it had less to do with finances.
Another, albeit possibly apocryphal, theory dates back to 1680, when England’s Charles II asked Sir Thomas Armstrong and Colonel George Legge to manufacture regal coinage for use in the Irish colony. This aspect of the story is historical fact, but it’s an unconfirmed rumor that people would colloquially say that an item with a purchase price of a halfpenny “cost an Arm and a Legge,” referring to the surnames of the two men who produced the coins. This is in no way verified, though it’s one of the more widely professed origin stories behind the idiom.
Eric Partridge, the author of a dictionary of American and British phrases from as far back as the 16th century, suggests the phrase comes from an earlier phrase, “if it takes a leg,” which was used by people seeking revenge at all costs. The “arm and a leg” version later appeared in a very literal way in American newspapers in the early 20th century, referencing disfiguring factory accidents.
By 1924, the phrase had turned more metaphorical, and “an arm and a leg” referred to exorbitant prices. An Oakland Tribune article said, “There is so much interest in the game and so few seats, compared to the number of persons who would almost give an arm or a leg to see it.” By the 1940s, the idiom was used far and wide in American society to describe an item that costs a surprisingly large amount of money, a usage that remains today.
That death was not caused by the Ear. He doesn’t use cyanide. He uses the poison from the puffer fish. The ovaries, intestines and liver of the puffer fish contain tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin up to 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide. A lethal dose of tetrodotoxin is smaller than the head of a pin and a single fish has enough poison to kill 30 people. He uses it to paralyze the motor nerves of his victims and cause fatal respiratory arrest
The Ear’s group has been known to manufacture cyanide from apple seeds.
BS, Apple seeds do indeed contain amygdalin, a chemical compound formed of sugar and cyanide. One gram of apple seeds contains around 0.6mg of cyanide, but the lethal dose of cyanide starts at over 50mg.One would need more than a 100 apple seeds to manufacture enough to kill one person.
The Ear was spotted yesterday. He took his last military flight as an Air Force fighter pilot in the Hog. I would have preferred one of the T- 38 Talon, if it was to be my last supersonic flight.
Not me. I like his choice. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1977, it is named after the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, but is commonly referred to as the “Warthog” or simply “Hog”. The A-10 Thunderbolt II received its popular nickname “Warthog” from the pilots and crews of the USAF attack squadrons who flew and maintained it. The A-10 is the last of the Republic’s jet attack aircraft to serve with the USAF.
His first in battle for the Air Force was in that aircraft. Sure, it’s not supersonic, but he has flown in battle many different military supersonic jets. My feeling is that this was sentimental. If you don’t have many friends on earth, at least you can say goodbye to one above it. The Hog was all you had between you and the enemy back in the day. Good choice my man.
We may be the hunted, but we can still give some information that is forbidden by the LEi. We may not be certain of this information, but if the Ear is the Immortal, then he was involved in the Punic Wars. They were a series of wars (taking place between 264 and 146 BC) that were fought between the Roman Republic and Ancient Carthage.
The First Punic War broke out on the island of Sicily in 264 BC. It was regarded as “the longest and most severely contested war in history” by the Ancient Greek historian Polybius.
The fighting, which consisted predominantly of naval warfare, largely took place on the waters of the Mediterranean surrounding Sicily. The conflict began because Rome’s imperial ambitions had been interfering with Carthage’s ownership claims of the island of Sicily.
It would seem that this entity loves conflict. That is why we acted to end his military dominance of this planet. Don’t be sentimental on his part. His era had to be ended. The LEi may feel that we violated the Grand Edict, but we see it differently.
We are part of this Earth, and we will act upon it as we see fit to prevent its destruction and end the suffering of its non human inhabitants. Why is it that the LEi is okay with the nuclear destruction of this planet? My ancestors, have lived here thousands of years longer than the humans. Why should we allow them to destroy what they have built?
If the Ear is as bad as you say, how come now that he has left the service of the USA, the bounties put on his head have been lifted?
They were lifted because those other nations are bidding for his employment. They all want the land the world’s most dangerous man as their own. The other reason is that he is feared by all the intelligence agencies in Israel. He probably has as many of their agents in his employ as they do.
National leaders love a strategic killer with tactical skills. He is the most feared in both categories. Yes, many nations are bidding for his services, but they should be advised that we will not allow him to continue his arrogance at the expense of non human entities.
There will be strict penalties for any “non human entities” who harbor you and your kind. We continue to catch many of you. We will not rest until all are exterminated.
It is a very dangerous game some of you are playing by pretending not to be aware of those we hunt. Be advise that you have been fore warned.
Why all the games? Why not just kill him and be done with it?
You have your facts correct. He seemed a bit forlorn as he left the Hog. He smiled as he talked to the Generals and sort of paraphrased JFK when he said, “ “Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, ‘I served in the United States Clandestine Military Operations.”
So why would he be sad? From what I hear here, it seems he will just be playing for a new team.
Your race will be the perfect agents for the mission because you have convergently evolved amino-acid replacements in your nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are known to confer resistance to alpha-neurotoxins. Humans think that that particular snake venom will force the aliens in the astronauts bodies out.
Our studies show that endogenous resistance is needed to fool the humans.
Snake venom is a highly toxic saliva containing zootoxins that facilitate the immobilization and digestion of prey. There are various kinds of those toxins. They don’t all have the same mode of action. Be careful.
Most snake venoms are not fatal to aliens. The effects usually occur within six to 48 hours and are rarely fatal. Symptoms may include breathing difficulty, sweating, muscle cramps, bleeding, seizures, and chest pain.
If they are trying to fool humans, remember to consume some liquids every 3 days. Isolating aliens and checking to see if they ask for water is a tell.
The vamps are divided into how they biological interact with organisms they kill and eat.We separate them according to their feeding behaviors. Those that kill their host or prey, Parasitoidisms and those that usually kill their prey or host, Micropredators.
Your people were relocated to the Great Basin Desert. It is the largest desert in the United States and the second-largest in North America after the Chihuahuan. This ecological realm covers most, but not all, of the physiographic realm of the Great Basin itself, the biggest component of the Basin-and-Range Province. The Great Basin Desert is a cold desert: both a descriptive and formal term. It’s the northernmost major desert province in North America (again, non-polar) and gets most of its scanty annual precipitation in the form of winter snowfall.
You were relocated here because you need the space and the colder weather. It is about 200,000 square miles.
The problem with allowing your race to inhabit animals is that your race has a tendency to leave some form or vengeful intelligence in the animal after you leave their species. The Cape Buffalo is an example of this behavior.
Hence, you have been forbidden from inhabiting any land animals.
Is it ever OK to end a sentence with a preposition?
Barring prepositions from the end of sentences is a grammar school fallacy many have fallen victim to. Discover why words like “with,” “of,” “for,” and “to” are worthy of a finale.
Star Wars fans might recall Obi-Wan’s Jedi mind trick in A New Hope when he tells stormtroopers, “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” Were Star Wars writers wrong about the placement of the preposition “for”? Should Obi-Wan instead have said, “These aren’t the droids for which you’re looking”? The latter sounds unnatural (and much more Yoda-esque, to be honest). Situations like these have caused grammar reformers to question or outright rebel against this “rule” about not ending sentences with prepositions.
Prepositions explain one noun’s relation to another, often indicating where or when. They can tell you if a cat is above, below, beside, or under the bed, and they also indicate if the cat hid there before, during, or after dinner. Some argue against ending a sentence with a preposition because it indicates a relationship between two words. They reason that a sentence might seem unfinished if a second noun isn’t included after the preposition. However, ending a sentence with a preposition isn’t the grave grammar mistake that some make it out to be.
Consider this sentence: “The vase was on the table until the cat knocked it off.” Ending with the preposition “off” sounds natural. By the same token, “That’s what I’m talking about” sounds better than “That’s about which I’m talking,” and the structure of “I have no eggs to bake with” is more common than “I have no eggs with which to bake.” As you can see, context and structure matter.
However, just because it isn’t wrong doesn’t mean it’s always right. Sometimes, that ending preposition is redundant. Asking a friend, “Where are you at?” or “Where are you going to?” falls into this trap with unnecessary prepositions. “Where are you?” and “Where are you going?” are complete questions. To avoid this mistake, try removing the end preposition and see if the sentence still makes sense.
To give some context, the argument for the rule dates back to the 17th century. Grammarians tried to instill Latin preposition placement rules into English, resulting in some believing these were hard-and-fast English rules. In modern English, preposition placement comes down to writing style — there’s no need to adhere to an arbitrary centuries-old rule. Today, most grammar guides and syntax experts agree that ending a sentence with a preposition is OK if it sounds natural and doesn’t break any true grammar rules.
The group that was captured in the Er Wang Dong cave in China were guilty of aiding and abetting the fugitives we are seeking. They were eliminated. Thus, the cave is now available for those who are interested.
Did You Know
Before humans, avocados were propagated throughout Central and South America by Megafauna (creatures large enough to eat avocados whole and pass the golf ball sized seeds through their digestive tracts unscathed). After the extinction of said Megafauna, the only thing that kept the avocado going was careful human cultivation. We enjoy delicious avocados today because humans, thousands of years ago, did too.
Did You Know
If you’re not a fan of coffee because of the way it makes you feel, then you’re certainly not alone. Metabolization of caffeine is handled by the liver using the enzyme CYP1A2 and production of the enzyme varies significantly between people. Some people can drink a pot of coffee a day and feel nary a jitter, while some people drink half a cup and feel like their heart is going to burst.
Did You Know
Forty is the only number that is spelled with its letters in alphabetical order.
Did You Know
Medieval moats didn’t just protect castles from invaders approaching over land, but also provided defense underground as well. The moats saturated the nearby ground with water and made it difficult and dangerous to tunnel under the castle to collapse the defenses.
We should not have to repeat this, but it has come up again. We repeat most, but not all, of the content and interactions you see on the internet are not human. It’s all generated by algorithms and AI software, so much that the internet isn’t really a human place. Instead, humans are a minority on the net, without even realizing it.
Just because humans are’t aware they are being manipulated by the internet, is no reason for you to feel that you too aren’t being manipulated by aliens who want to manipulate you or that you are so intellectually superior to humans that their algorithms and AI software can’t manipulate your logic.
Are you referring to to the lie corporations tell their customers when the claim that the materials they use to make their products are compostable? I tested the one by Bellroy. Their bio phone didn’t disintegrate after 13 months in the ground. It looked the same as it did when I buried it 13 months ago.