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- word choice - Difference between abate and bate - English Language . . .
Bate VERB Falconry (Of a hawk) beat the wings in agitation and flutter off the perch: the hawks bated and immediately the breeze got in their feathers NOUN British informal (dated) An angry mood: he got into a stinking bate "Bate" obtains the meaning of "reducing the intensity of a force" as Shakespeare used it in Merchant of Venice
- Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from?
The word crazy is a later addition Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now
- Is there any rule of order for time, date, place, building, etc?
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- Idiom to mean one must avoid going into dangerous situations
Yes, "Dance with the devil" is close, but carries the additional connotation of immorality Wikipedia offers a definition as follows: To do something immoral without question, to willingly take an unnecessary risk, to purposefully act in an evil manner
- meaning - Use of save or save for in sentences - English Language . . .
The definition of save in this example is other than : but, except This article gives a rather interesting discussion about when to use except except for, and that applies equally to save save for
- What is the origin of like a bat out of hell?
However, I found some antedatings First, from August 17, 1895 in the Evening Star (Washington DC, Page 15, Image 15), in an article titled "COWBOYS AT WORK Hamlin Harland Gives His Impression of a Round-Up
- verbs - Difference between stick with and stick to? - English . . .
The more I think about it the more confused I get: One good example is here: Hmm Maybe something like this It's the end of the day and things didn't go well
- idiom meaning - To take something off someones plate - English . . .
Is the answer in Bate, Mueller, and White's Fundamentals of astrodynamics' Appendix wrong? How can historians go to the past without changing it? Minimum level of superhuman ability needed for a medieval civilization to ward off USA-level foes through fear of conflict
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