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Brewer's: Fire and Water
I will go through fire and water to serve you. The reference is the ordeals of fire and water which might be transferred to substitutes. Paul seems to refer to substitutional death in Rom…Brewer's: First Water
A diamond of the first water. (See Diamond.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First Gentleman of EuropeFirst-fruits A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Milk and Water
Insipid, without energy or character; baby-pap (literature, etc.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Milk of Human KindnessMilk and Honey A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Lapping Water
When Gideon's army was too numerous, the men were taken to a stream to drink, and 300 of them lapped water with their tongue; all the rest supped it up (Judges. vii. 4-7). All carnivorous…Brewer's: King of Waters
The river Amazon, in South America. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of YvetotKing of Terrors A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…Brewer's: Rag-water
Whisky. (Thieves? jargon.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rags of AntisthenesRag A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: Seidlitz Water
Natural mineral water from a spring in the village of Seidlitz, in Bohemia. (See Seltzer.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SeiksSeian Horse A B C D E F…Brewer's: Seltzer Water
A corruption of Selters Water; so called from the Lower Selters, near Limburg (Nassau). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Semiramis of the NorthSelling the…Brewer's: Surfeit Water
Cordial water to cure surfeits. “Water that cures surfeits. A little cold distilled poppywater is the true surfeit water.” —Locke. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Water-gall
The dark rim round the eyes after much weeping. A peculiar appearance in a rainbow which indicates more rain at hand. “Gall” is the Anglo-Saxon gealew…Trending
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