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Brewer's: Heavy Man
(The), in theatrical parlance, means an actor who plays foil to the hero, such as the king in Hamlet, the mere foil to the prince; Iago is another “heavy man's” part as foil to Othello;…Brewer's: Herod
A child-killer; from Herod the Great, who ordered the massacre of the babes in Bethlehem. (Matt. ii. 16). To out-herod Herod. To out-do in wickedness, violence, or rant, the worst of…Brewer's: Bent
Inclination; talent for something. Out of my bent, not in my way, not in the range of my talent. Bent on it, inclined to it. As a thing bent is inclined, so a bent is an inclination or…Brewer's: Lapwing
(The). Shakespeare refers to two peculiarities of this bird; (1) to allure persons from its nest, it flies away and cries loudest when farthest from its nest; and (2) the young birds run…Brewer's: All in all
He is all in all to me, that is, the dearest object of my affection. God shall be all in all means all creation shall be absorbed or gathered into God. The phrase is also used adverbially…Brewer's: Jig
from gigue. A short piece of music much in vogue in olden times, of a very lively character, either six-eight or twelve-eight time, and used for dance-tunes. It consists of two parts,…Brewer's: Bugbear
A scarecrow. Bug is the Welsh bwg, a hobgoblin, called in Russia buka. Spenser says, “A ghastly bug doth greatly them affear” (book ii. canto 3); and Hamlet has “bugs and goblins” (v. 2…Brewer's: Lenten
Frugal, stinted, as food in Lent. Shakespeare has “lenten entertainment” (Hamlet, ii. 2); “a lenten answer” (Twelfth Night, i. 5); “a lenten pye” (Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4). “And with a…Brewer's: Hunting two Hares
He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other. No one can do well or properly two things at once. “No man can serve two masters.” French: “Poursuis deux lièvres, et les manques” (…Brewer's: Hyperion
Properly, the father of the Sun and Moon, but by poets made a surname of the Sun. Shakespeare makes it a synonym of Apollo. The proper pronunciation is Hyperion. Thus Ovid— “Placat equo…Trending
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