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I don't know for sure. But like many phrases in football, it was probably first coined by illiterate football types, and then copied by other illiterate football people until it becomes a phrase that everyone uses.
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Is the phrase a transitive or intransitive A stone wall encloses the village?
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Read the following excerpt from the poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it?
The phrase "an old-stone savage armed" conveys the speaker's view that building a wall is primitive.
What is a stone fence called?
That is a wall.
What does drive someone up to the wall mean?
It means that you drive them up to a wall in a vehicle. I believe you mean the idiom phrase "drive you up the wall," which means to frustrate you to the point where you feel like climbing up the wall to escape from them.
Story of nebacanezzer?
See Wikipedia story and origin of the phrase "writing on the wall".
Is the phrase a transitive or intransitive A stone wall encloses the village?
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Where did the phrase mirror mirror on the wall come from?
Snow White and the seven dwarfs
What did Stone Wall Jackson do?
stone wall Jackson fact and what did stone wall Jackson do for a living
Read the following excerpt from the poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it?
The phrase "an old-stone savage armed" conveys the speaker's view that building a wall is primitive.
How much stone is needed for Stone wall?
Depends on how big the wall is and how high.
Was Stone Wall Jackson a part of the Union?
Stone Wall Jackson was a part of the south.
Was Stone Wall Jackson a General?
Yes, "Stone Wall Jackson" was a general for the south.
Is the phrase between the chair and the wall an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase?
adverb
What is the stone the Great Wall of China had used?
stone
Is it possible to make a stone wall with natural stone or do you have to buy it?
It is possible to make a wall with natural stone, but you have to be skilled at doing so. If the wall is to be very high or have to support much weight, you will want to use specially purchased stone.
How can you connect these two pieces of a sentence 1 Looking at the surrounding landscape you could see a crumbling stone wall 2 the road leading up to the barn?
The phrase you'll need is next to, or beside. Looking at the surrounding landscape, you could see a crumbling stone wall next to the road leading up to the barn. Looking at the surrounding landscape, you could see a crumbling stone wall beside the road leading up to the barn.
What is the wall of a castle?
The wall of a castle is a stone wall that protects the castle from invaders
