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Heap

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Struck all of a heap. To be struck with astonishment. “Etre ahuri.” The idea is that of confusion, having the wits bundled together in a heap.

 

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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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Head Shaved (Get your)
Head and Ears
Head and Shoulders
Head of Cattle
Head over Heels (To turn)
Heads or Tails
Heads I Win, Tails you Lose
Heady
Healing Gold
Health
Heap
Hear
Hearse
Heart
Heart
Heart-breaker (A)
Heart-rending
Heart-whole
Heart and Soul
Heart in his Boots
Heart in his Mouth