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Brewer's: Acu tetigisti
You have hit the nail on the head. (Lit., you have touched it with a needle.) Plautus (Rudens, v 2, 19) says, “Rem acu tetigisti;” and Cicero (Pro Milone, 24) has “Vulnus acu punctum,”…Brewer's: Carry Fire in one Hand and Water in the other
(To). To say one thing and mean another; to flatter, to deceive; to lull suspicion in order the better to work mischief. “Altera manu fert aquam, altera ignem. Altera manu fert lapidem,…Brewer's: Dromio
The brothers Dromio. Two brothers exactly alike, who serve two brothers exactly alike, and the mistakes of masters and men form the fun of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, based on the…Brewer's: Gonnella's Horse
Gonnella, the domestic jester of the Duke of Ferrara, rode on a horse all skin and bone. The jests of Gonnella are in print. “His horse was as lean as Gonnella's, which (as the Duke said…Brewer's: Flying without Wings
(No). Nothing can be done without the proper means. “Sine pennis volare haud facile est.” Plautus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flyman's PlotFlying…Brewer's: Menechmians
Persons exactly like each other, as the brothers Dromio. So called from the Menæchmi of Plautus. In the Comedy of Errors, not only the two Dromois are exactly like each others, but also…Brewer's: Hungry
Hungry as a dog. In Latin, “Rabidus fame, ceu canis”. Hungry as a hawk. Hungry as a hunter. Hungry as a kite. In Latin, Milvinam appententiam habere. (Plautus.) Hungry as a wolf. In French…Brewer's: Crux
(A). A knotty point, a difficulty. Instantia crucis means a crucial test, or the point where two similar diseases crossed and showed a special feature. It does not refer to the cross, an…Brewer's: Demerit
has reversed its original meaning (Latin, demereo, to merit, to deserve). Hence Plautus, Demertas dare laudas (to accord due praise); Ovid, Numina culta demeruisse; Livy, dernerèri…Brewer's: Die
The die is cast. The step is taken, and I cannot draw back. So said Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon. I have set my life upon the cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.…Trending
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