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etna over him

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

The poets say that the flames of the volcano arise from the breath of this giant.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Những nhà thơ nói rằng ngọn lửa của núi lửa phát sinh từ hơi thở của gã khổng lồ này.

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “etna over him” mean?

The poets say that the flames of the volcano arise from the breath of this giant.

Is “etna over him” formal or informal?

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