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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Probably an idiom blend mixing Hamlet with swings and roundabouts. It is possible that some people are unfamiliar with the sling, which children used to encounter when first learning of David and Goliath. The sling is a formidable weapon, capable in skilled hands of greater range and greater accuracy than the arrow, and often more lethal given a projectile the size of a lemon. In Scotland the Romans used pierced lead bullets an ounce in weight as a terror weapon, shrieking or whistling as they flew through the air,
The swings and arrows of outrageous fortune suggests that the sea of troubles may subside, and cheery outcomes may be just around the corner.
Before we subject these algorithms to the swings and arrows of everyday clinical life, where people’s health is at stake, we have to think …
While she lived a privileged life she still suffered the ‘swings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ Victoria was petulant, determined …
... the swings and arrows of economic and social history once more swung in the direction of gradual recovery.
For we had to face the swings and arrows of contempt too, as well as the bludgeoning accusations of corruption, of idiocy, of sexism, of racism.
The tips and tricks you learn on the mat through yoga and meditation will better prepare you for the swings and arrows of life.
The Limerick man has nowhere else to be and nothing else to do but continue his rise through the swings and arrows of the sport he was destined …
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Add this gem to our “strings and arrows” and “slings and arrows.” https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/index.php … mit=Search
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Agreed, Kem, it’s a jewel. “Strings and arrows” too. Then there’s stings and arrows, also in the database.
To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them. (TPCN Great Quotations)
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*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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