dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants
One who discovers something new based on others' achievements
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dyed in the wool
Completely and permanently committed to a particular belief or ideology
dyed in the wool
Cloth which is wool-dyed (not piece-dyed) is true throughout and will wash. Hence the phrase is used to describe anything or person absolutely genuine.
dyeing scarlet
Heavy drinking, which in time will dye the face scarlet. They call drinking deep, dyeing scarlet. 1 Henry IV, ii, 4.
dying quail
a shot in golf that curves away from the player
dynamite charge
A highly controversial or sensitive issue
Dyzemas Day
Tithe day. (For. diztmas, tithes; Law Lat. decimce.
e ticket
Something exceptionally exciting or special
each and every
Every single one without exception
each one
every individual item or person
each other
Mutually, to or with one another
Eager Beaver
American expression, in World War II, for a recruit so over-zealous that he would volunteer for jobs on every possible occasion. Subsequently passed into civilian use.
eagle eye
A keen and vigilant observer
eagle out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
eagle up
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
ear to the ground
informed about the latest news or gossip
ear tunnel
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Earl Marshal
A high officer of state who presides over the College of Arms, grants armorial bearings, and is responsible for the arrangement of State ceremonials, processions, etc. Since 1483 the office has been hereditary in the line of the Dukes of Norfolk.
Earl of Shrewsbury
She built Hardwick Hall, and founded the wealth and dignity of the Cavendish family.
early bath
to leave or be eliminated from a competition early
early marriage, earlier pregnant
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise (Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), polymath and Founding Father of the United States)
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
earn one's crust
to earn one's living
earn one's keep
to work and earn what one needs to live
earnest
A deposit in part of payment, to bind a bargain.
ears are burning
feeling like someone is talking about you
earwig
A clergyman, also one who prompts another maliciously and privately.
earwigging
A private conversation; a rebuke in private; an attempt to defame another unfairly, and without chance of appeal; a WIGGING is more public.
ease
To rob; "EASING a bloke," robbing a man.
easier said than done
Plans are simpler to propose than to execute
easier said than done. (15th century)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
east is east, and west is west (and never the twain shall meet)
Two things are fundamentally incompatible and can never come together.
east, west, home is best
One's home is the most comfortable and enjoyable place to be
Easter day
And though we would willingly assent unto any sympathetical exultation, yet cannot con- ceive therein any more than a Tropical expression. — Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V, xxh.
Eastern Church
It is also called the Roman Catholic Church, to distinguish it from the Anglican Church or Anglican Catholic Church, a branch of the Western Church.
easy
Make the cull easy or quiet; gag or kill him. As easy as pissing the bed.
easy as falling off a log
Very easy.
easy as pie
Very easy.
easy as toffee
Very easy.
easy does it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
easy mark
A person who is easily deceived or taken advantage of
easy money
Money obtained with little effort or difficulty
easy on the eyes
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
easy pickings
Something or someone that can be easily taken advantage of
easy street
A situation of comfort and little effort
easy virtue
A lady of easy virtue: an impure or prostitute.
easy, times easy, is still easy
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
eat
To eat like a beggar man, and wag his under jaw; a jocular reproach to a proud man. To eat one's words; to retract what one has said.
eat a fig
To "crack a crib," to break into a house, or commit a burglary.
eat an elephant one bite at a time
Tackle a large task by breaking it into smaller, manageable parts
eat and leave no crumbs
To eat completely, leaving nothing behind
eat away
to erode or corrode something gradually
eat away at
To erode.
eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper
Spend most of your daily resources in the morning
eat crow
To admit defeat or error, often with humiliation
eat dirt
to endure humiliation or abuse
eat for two
to eat more food than usual
eat his head off
A horse who is kept idle in the stable is said to EAT HIS HEAD OFF. Of late the phrase has been applied to servants who have little to do but constantly "dip their noses in the manger."
eat it
to accept or tolerate something unpleasant
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