Difference between revisions of "The jebel and the jpysian sea"

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ph between the devil and the deep blue sea: 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"

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)

gypsy: a member of a nomadic people of Indian origin → gypsies were once thought to be of Egyptian origin

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-Between the devil and the deep blue sea – an old nautical term
+* '''''ph'' between the devil and the deep blue sea:''' 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"
-The meaning relates to 'The Devil' – the name given to the seam in the upper deck planking next to a ship's waterways. There was very little space to get at this seam, making it a difficult and dangerous job. Therefore the term means 'stuck between two equally unpleasant options'.
+* '''''Arab'' jebel:''' mountain
+* '''Egyptian''' &rarr; 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 &rarr; gypsies were once thought to be of Egyptian origin
+* '''jabber:''' to chatter; to gabble or talk rapidly