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Phrase: dead as a doornail
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* '''as dead as a doornail''' (''saying'') → metonymy
  
Death's door
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* '''drink .. door:''' deoch an dorais (Irish) - parting drink (literally 'drink of the door')
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* '''at Death's door:''' (''phrase'') on one's deathbed → ''the'', the last word of FW, and [[the. Dor.|Dor]] on [[Page 20|020.17]]
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* Karl Reisman notes "whiskey" in "doornail" from medieval French for door (huis) + Danish nogle (key)  --- HenHanna notes in  2nd & 4th letters of the Hebrew alphabet (meaning House & Door )    Bet & Daleth -    Birth &  Death.
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* '''Do ye think me dead?''' (''song'') ''[[Finnegan's Wake]]''
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*'''dor:''' generation (''Hebrew''); '''nail:''' that was used in Jesus' Crucifixion.  The hero is killed in every generation?
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[[Category: Songs and lyrics]]
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[[Category: Sayings]]

Latest revision as of 13:19, 28 March 2020

  • as dead as a doornail (saying) → metonymy
  • drink .. door: deoch an dorais (Irish) - parting drink (literally 'drink of the door')
  • at Death's door: (phrase) on one's deathbed → the, the last word of FW, and Dor on 020.17
  • Karl Reisman notes "whiskey" in "doornail" from medieval French for door (huis) + Danish nogle (key) --- HenHanna notes in 2nd & 4th letters of the Hebrew alphabet (meaning House & Door ) Bet & Daleth - Birth & Death.
  • dor: generation (Hebrew); nail: that was used in Jesus' Crucifixion. The hero is killed in every generation?