The depressing expression "down in" these is probably derived from a Middle Dutch word for haze
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Jeopary Questions page 897 - CATS & DOGS - TriviaBistro.com  FAMILIAR PHRASES: The depressing expression "down in" these is probably derived from a Middle Dutch word for haze  DANCE: Ballerina Alicia Markova was...
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Dumps | Definition of Dumps by Merriam-Webster  Define dumps: a gloomy state of mind : despondency  dumps in a sentence. ... probably from Dutch domp haze, from Middle Dutch damp  more at damp. First Known Use: 1529 ... a sad mood <down in the dumps> ... These words haunt us.
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Wiktionary:Translation requests - Wiktionary  Is surlukt perhaps used as a rare/dialectal (this term is from northern Norway) name for mildew? ... This probably means the same as the Norwegian words above, but I want to make sure it's .... I can read some French, but I have difficulties with these constructions. ..... Sometimes I am feeling down in the dumps or depressed.
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Dumps - definition and synonims of dumps in english dictionary  ... OF THE WORD DUMPS. Probably from Middle Dutch domp haze, mist. info ... The definition of dumps in the dictionary is a state of melancholy or depression. section ... These words in the dictionary share the same root as dumps. Click on the .... I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in...
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20 Words That Don't Mean What They Used To | Mental Floss  Jun 11, 2015 ... In some instances, these developments can lead to words gaining ... Alienate, like alien, is derived from the Latin word alienus, which ... Nowadays when we say we're down in the dumps, we mean that ... In that sense, it probably has its roots in an earlier old Dutch word, domp, meaning haze or mist....
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Downed | Define Downed at Dictionary.com  in or to a calmer, less active, or less prominent state: ... being at a low position or on the ground, floor, or bottom. 23. .... interjection .... Perish, a more literary term, implies death under harsh circumstances such as ... Will These Men Ever Come Home? .... any growth or coating of soft fine hair, such as that on the human face.
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something is rotten in the state of Denmark - Wiktionary  Etymology[edit]. A line spoken by Marcellus in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act I. ... [show ]Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right"...
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Lower | Define Lower at Dictionary.com  Lower definition, to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag. ... capital letter) Stratigraphy. noting an early division of a period, system, or the like: ..... adjective. 1. being below one or more other things: the lower shelf, the lower animals .... the sound uttered by cattle; moo. verb. 2. to make or express by a low or moo.
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A Brief History of Fool-Pitying: Origins of the Phrase "I Pity the Fool"  May 4, 2010 ... A Brief History of Fool-Pitying: Origins of the Phrase I Pity the Fool ... If I feel pity for my sick friend, I feel bad for him, and I hope he gets better.
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Words - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Bellum Bellicose & belligerent are derived in part from this Latin word for "war" .... Fleabag seedy, rundown hotel or other lodging place .... Skid row Run-down part of town, from the rough forest paths along which newly-cut logs were dragged.
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Poem of the Masses - Pangloss Wisdom  God you're so prophetically pathetic- enlighten THIS down your throat! ..... The tip of my tounge is not sharp, But it is split into to two. ..... limes i look into your eyes you lie to me horacio. The Mobstar Daily i like to read it ..... hole in my head of stainless steel can't be a .... i guess ill just go for the ride, sit and drink soda pop
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Full text of "Passing English of the Victorian era : a dictionary of ...  From ' A by itself, A ' ; an old English way of stating the alphabet. ...... The pirate being quite dead in the Western Seas, this sense of the term is now only .... One day the boys over in the Bend had a hanging bee and invited us to come down ...... Voluminous and many folded falling cravat, which swarmed over the length and...
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German Words that Express Concepts for which English Lacks ...  die Angst, In German, this word denotes any kind of fear, but in English it is used to ... often neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression" [Webster's New ... Literary scholars argue about the definition of the term, and depending on...
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Lyrics for "Allentown" by Billy Joel - Songfacts  Well we're living here in Allentown And they're closing all the factories down .... people, places and attitude of a city that's been thru some seriously tough times.
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Poem of the Masses - Pangloss Wisdom  there's a void where you once were, and it's growing ... Hockey is a fast moving sport. .... in the silent night, thank heaven none are speaking .... summer air would do the most for her. ee, said tto, when ...... from the twelfth century, in the nglish town of unmow. he local church ...... Falling into the depth of old age, tired bones.
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RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS MONKEY MAJIK  Mojim.com ...  Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown. Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. What I've got they used to call the blues. Nothing is really wrong
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Somber (4 letters) - Crossword Helper  bad bleak dismal forbidding gloomy grim hardly harsh horrid like looking new not prognosi reaper rosy sanguine seriou somber some statistic stern...
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lie - definition of lie in English | Oxford Dictionaries  'she's laughing at me for being weak and I'm not going to take it lying down any longer' .... (of a ship) come almost to a stop with its head towards the wind. ... to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus bed. ..... I was appraised that this was a pilot study
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EXPRESS SORROW - crossword answers, clues, definition ...  'EXPRESS SORROW' is a 13 letter phrase starting with E and ending with W ... Deeply regret (6)  LAMENT  Feel the pain of a loss (6)  GRIEVE. Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for EXPRESS SORROW [grieve]...
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Terminology of the Low Countries - Wikipedia  The Low Countries is the coastal RhineMeuseScheldt delta region in Western Europe and ... For the sum of food consumed by a person, see Diet (nutrition). ... At the time the language was spoken, it was known as *iudisk, meaning "of the .... subsequently during the Middle Ages influenced from Middle Dutch, were it...
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Ye Olde English Sayings  The losing nobility would be forced to buy back their armor and this after market ... BEAT AROUND THE BUSH, Game birds were scared out of their hiding places ... The expression was intended for people to mind how many Pints and Quarts they ..... that this saying applied to the act of using one's thumb as a judge of scale.