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Brewer's: All cannot do all
Horace says, “Non omnia possumus omnes.” German proverb, “Ein jeder kann nicht alles.” All are not equally clever. Or rather, “Be not surprised that I cannot do what you can do, for we are…Brewer's: Amys
and Amylion The Pylades and Orestes of mediæval story. —Ellis's Specimens. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AnabaptistsAmyris plays the fool A B C D E F…Brewer's: Anacharsis
Anarcharsis among the Scythians. A wise man amongst fools; “Good out of Nazareth”; “A Sir Sidney Smith on Salisbury Plain.” The opposite proverb is “Saul amongst the Prophets,” i.e. a fool…Brewer's: April
The opening month, when the trees unfold, and the womb of nature opens with young life. (Latin, aperire, to open.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894April…Brewer's: Paradise Shoots
The lign aloe; said to be the only plant descended to us from the Garden of Eden. When Adam left Paradise, it is said, he took with him a shoot of this tree, which he planted in the land…Candide: Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning with Each Other, Draw Near to the Coast of France
What Befell Candide and Marti... What Happened to Candide and ... Candide and Martin, While Thus Reasoning with Each Other, Draw Near to the Coast of France At length they descried…Brewer's: Foods and Wines
Gastronomic curiosities. Foods. Sterlets from the Volga. Eels from the Tiber. Grouse from Scotland. Bustards from Sweden. Bears' feet from the Black Forest. Bison humps from America.…Brewer's: Michel
or Cousin Michael. A German. Michel means a dolt; thus the French call a fool who allows himself to be taken in by thimble-rigs and card tricks mikel. In Old French the word mice occurs,…Brewer's: Cap of Liberty
When a slave was manumitted by the Romans, a small red cloth cap, called pileus, was placed on his head. As soon as this was done, he was termed libertinus (a freedman), and his name was…Brewer's: Cross-patch
A disagreeable, ill-tempered person, male or female. Patch means a fool or gossip; so called from his parti-coloured or patched dress. A cross-patch is an ill-tempered fool or gossip.…Trending
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