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everything
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everything and the kitchen sink
including every possible thing or feature
everything but the kitchen sink
Everything.
everything comes to those who wait
Patience and waiting will ultimately lead to success or reward
everything in the garden is rosy
All is well and going smoothly
Everything is worth its price. (Strauss, 1994 p. 800)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
everything one touches turns to gold
Someone is very successful in all their endeavors.
everything one touches turns to shit
Someone's efforts consistently result in failure or disaster
eves dropper
One that lurks about to rob hen-roosts; also a listener at doors and windows, to hear private conversation.
evif-gen
A crown, or five shillings.
evil
A halter. Cant, Also a wife.
evil begets evil
Wrongdoing or evil actions lead to more evil consequences
Evil Eye
The alleged faculty of causing material harm by means of a glance; in rural England it is called "overlooking.
Evil May Day
The name given to the senous rioting made on May 1st, 1517, by the London apprentices, who fell on the
Evil Principle
See AHRIMAN. Of two evils, choose the least. See CHOICE.
evil twin
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
evlenet sith-noms
Twelve months. Generally known as a "stretch."
ewe
A white ewe; a beautiful woman. An old ewe, drest lamb fashion; an old woman, drest like a young girl.
ex cathedra
With authority. The Pope, speaking ex cathedra, is said to speak with an infallible voice — to speak as the successor and representative of St. Peter, and in his pontifical character. The words mean "from the chair'' — i.e. the throne of the pontiff — and are applied to all dicta uttered by authority, and ironically to self-sufficient, dogmatic assertions.
ex hypothesi
According to what is supposed or assumed; in consequence of assumption made.
ex libris
Literally, "from the (collection of) books." The phrase is written in the books or printed on the bookplate, and is followed by the name of the owner in the genitive. Hence, a bookplate is often called an ex libris.
ex luce lucellum
A gain or small profit out of light. It was originally said of the old window-tax, and when Lowe in 1871, proposed to tax lucifer matches, he suggested that the boxes should be labelled Ex luce lucellum.
ex officio
By virtue 9f office. As, the Lord Mayor for the time being shall be ex officio one of the trustees.
ex parte
Proceeding only from one of the parties; hence, prejudiced. An ex-parte statement is a one-sided or partial statement, a statement made by one side without modifica- tion from the other.
Ex pede Herculem
From this sample you can judge of the whole.
ex post facto
From what is done after- wards; retrospective. An ex post facto law is a law made to meet and punish a crime after the offence has been committed.
ex professo
Avowedly; expressly. I have never written ex professo on the subject. — GLADSTONE: Nineteenth Century, Nov., 1885.
ex prqprio motu
Of his (or its) own accord ; voluntarily.
ex uno omnes
From the instance deduced you may infer the nature of the rest. A general inference from a particular example; if one oak bears acorns, all oaks will.
exactamundo
Exactly.
exactly the same
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
Exaltation of the Cross
A feast held in the Roman Catholic Church on September 14th (Holy Cross Day), in commemoration of the victory over the Persians in 627, when Herac- lius recovered and restored to Calvary the cross that had been carried away by Khosroes the Persian.
example is better than correction
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
exasperate
To over-aspirate the letter H, or to aspirate it whenever it commences a word, as is commonly done by under-educated people who wish to show off their breeding. EXASPERATION does not refer to an omission of the aspirate.
excellento
excellent
except for
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
excess baggage
An unwanted or unnecessary person or thing
exchange contracts
to sign and swap formal agreements
exchange flesh
to fight or clash physically
exchange of contracts
A formal step in a property sale where buyer and seller commit to the deal
excise without duty being paid
This enables a merchant to re-export without financial complications, or to import in bulk and pay duty on part of the goods at a time as he requires them. Wines and spirits are some- times described as "bottled in bond" — i.e. bottled in H.M. warehouses, before there could be any adulteration.
excuse me
Used to politely get attention or apologize
exempli gratia
For the sake of example : abbreviated to "e.g." when used as the introduction to an example.
exes
Expenses. "Just enough to clear our exes."
exis-evif-gen
Six times five shillings, i.e., 30s. All moneys may be reckoned in this manner, either with YANNEPS or GENS. It is, however, rarely or never done.
exis-evif-yanneps
Elevenpence,—literally, "sixpence and fivepence = elevenpence." This mode of reckoning, distinct from the preceding, is only made by special arrangement amongst slangites, who wish to confound their intimates.
exit hole
The anus.
exit stage left
to leave quickly and quietly
Exon Domesday
A magnificent MS. on 532 folio vellum leaves, long preserved among the muniments at Exeter Cathedral, containing the survey of Wilts, Dorset, Somer- set, Devon, and Cornwall. In 1816 it was published by Sir Henry Ellis as a Supplement to Domesday Book (q v.).
Expectation Week
Between the Ascension and Whit Sunday, when the apostles continued praying "in earnest expectation of the Com- forter.
expended
Killed: alluding to the gunner's accounts, wherein the articles consumed are charged under the title of expended. Sea phrase.
expenny
expensive
expensive drunk
someone who spends a lot of money when intoxicated
experience in something
Skill or knowledge gained from doing something
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. (Ambrose Bierce)
Experience teaches us to replace youthful mistakes with new, often different ones in older age
Experimental Philosophy
Science founded on experiments or data, in contradistinction to moral and mathematical sciences; also called natural philosophy.
experto crede
Believe one who has had experience m the matter. The phrase is used to add significance or weight to a warning.
expose oneself
to reveal one's secret or private information
exposure to something
The state of being affected or influenced by something
express elevator
A rapid means of advancement or progress
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