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121sworn — Frequently used interchangeably with verified. See affirmation; oath; swear; verify …
122the better the day, the better the deed — Frequently used to justify working on a Sunday or religious festival. Cf. early 14th cent. Fr. a bon jour bone euvre, for a good day, a good deed. 1607 MIDDLETON Michaelmas Term III. i. Why, do you work a’ Sundays, tailor? The better day the… …
123you cannot get blood from a stone — Frequently used, as a resigned admission, to mean that it is hopeless to try extorting money, etc., from those who have none. Other unyielding or unlikely substances are sometimes substituted for stone; the turnip version is frequent in North… …
124peanut — Frequently applied in the USA to a small or insignificant person, a child, as an affectionate nickname. It is used thus in Dawn Powell’s story The Comeback, where a man uses it to his young niece. It is also used in a friendly way in Daughters …
125slave — Frequently used as a term of contempt in the seventeenth century, but used jokingly in modern times, e.g. when a wife orders a husband to do something in the tone of a slavedriver. There is an example of such usage in Life at the Top, by John… …
126yourself — Frequently added to a vocative that has just been used, and turned back on the person who used it, usually to express indignation that the expression was applied to the listener in the first place. Every Day is Ladies’ Day, a short story by… …
127many a time and often — frequently. North …
128interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …
