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Oil

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To strike oil. To make a happy hit or valuable discovery. The phrase refers to hitting upon or discovering a bed of petroleum or mineral oil.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ogier the Dane
Ogleby (Lord)
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OGroat
Ogygian Deluge
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Oignons dEgypte
Oil
Oil of Palms
Oil on Troubled Waters
Oil the Knocker (To)
Ointment
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Old Blade (An)
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Old Boots
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