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| − | * ' | + | * '''between the devil and the deep blue sea:''' (''phrase'') an old nautical term; it originally referred to the seam in a ship's hull on or below the waterline, which was called the ''devil''; being difficult of access, it made the task of caulking the ship's hull a difficult and dangerous one; therefore the term means, "stuck between two equally unpleasant options" |
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* '''Egyptian''' → the Israelites, when they were wandering in the wilderness between the Jam Suf (Sea of Reeds) and Horeb (Mount Sinai) were "between the ''jebel'' and the Egyptian Sea" (Exodus 15-18) | * '''Egyptian''' → the Israelites, when they were wandering in the wilderness between the Jam Suf (Sea of Reeds) and Horeb (Mount Sinai) were "between the ''jebel'' and the Egyptian Sea" (Exodus 15-18) | ||
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* '''jabber:''' to chatter; to gabble or talk rapidly | * '''jabber:''' to chatter; to gabble or talk rapidly | ||
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| + | * '''jypsian sea:''' Japanese sea → Sea of Japan | ||
Latest revision as of 11:59, 30 November 2006
- between the devil and the deep blue sea: (phrase) an old nautical term; it originally referred to the seam in a ship's hull on or below the waterline, which was called the devil; being difficult of access, it made the task of caulking the ship's hull a difficult and dangerous one; therefore the term means, "stuck between two equally unpleasant options"
- jebel: (Arabic) mountain
- Egyptian → the Israelites, when they were wandering in the wilderness between the Jam Suf (Sea of Reeds) and Horeb (Mount Sinai) were "between the jebel and the Egyptian Sea" (Exodus 15-18)
- gypsum: a soft mineral from which plaster of Paris is made
- gypsy: a member of a nomadic people of Indian origin → gypsies were once thought to be of Egyptian origin
- jabber: to chatter; to gabble or talk rapidly
- jypsian sea: Japanese sea → Sea of Japan
