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Brewer's: Man Friday
(A). A useful and faithful servant, like the Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe. “Count von Rechberg ... was Prince Bismarck's `Man Friday.' ” —Athenoeum, 1881. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Man of the Hill
(The). A tedious “hermit of the vale,” which encumbers the story of Tom Jones, by Fielding. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the SeaMan of Straw A B…Brewer's: Man-jack
Every man-jack of you. Everyone of you. (See under Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ... MonkeyMan Friday A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Man of Letters
(A). An author. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of RemnantsMan of Feeling 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 Z…Brewer's: Man in the Moon
(The). Some say it is a man leaning on a fork, on which he is carrying a bundle of sticks picked up on a Sunday. The origin of this fable is from Num. xv. 32-36. Some add a dog also; thus…Brewer's: Man-Mountain
or Quinbus Flestrin. So Gulliver was called Lilliput. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man ProposesMan ... Monkey A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Man Proposes
but God disposes: So we read in the Imitatio Christi; Herbert (Jacula Prudentum) has nearly the same identical words. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man…Brewer's: Man of Remnants
(A). A tailor. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of RossMan of Letters 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 Z Related…Brewer's: Man of Ross
John Kyrle, of Ross, in Herefordshire, immortalised by Pope in his epistle On the Use of Riches. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of SaltMan of Remnants…Brewer's: Man of Salt
A man like Æneas, always “melting into salt tears,” called “drops of salt.” This would make a man a man of salt, To use his eyes for garden waterpots. Shakespeare: King Lear, iv. 6.…Trending
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