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Thorn in the flesh is a phrase of New Testament origin used to describe an annoyance, or trouble in one's life, drawn from Paul the Apostle 's use of the phrase in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians 12:7–9: [ 1] And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh ...
We used to see Androcles with the lion attached to a slender leash, making the rounds of the city, a pen and wash drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi, 1530s. Androcles ( Greek: Ἀνδροκλῆς, alternatively spelled Androclus in Latin) is the main character of a common folk tale about a man befriending a lion. The tale is included in the Aarne ...
By 2004, the website had received over 5,000 complaint letters. That year, Kettles said "Untied.com has become the proverbial thorn in the side." [11] By 2004, a group of flight attendants used the website to convince UAL Corporation to give ground to their union during negotiations between the company and the union. [11]
A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:
Between Scylla and Charybdis. Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". [ 1] Several other idioms such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place ...
Writer/actress Nia Vardalos dealt with years of rejection, of being told to get a nose job, to get a breast augmentation, and to leave Hollywood altogether. Instead of crumbling, she put pen to ...
He was fourth on the 200 medley relay, ninth in the 100 butterfly, 12th with a 400 freestyle relay and 19th in the 50 freestyle at state as a freshman.
Songwriter (s) unknown. " If wishes were horses, beggars would ride " is a proverb and nursery rhyme, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs, [ 1] which suggests if wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted. [ 2] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20004.