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Sacrifice to the Graces

is to render oneself agreeable by courteous conduct, suavity of manners, and fastidiousness of dress. The allusion is to the three Graces of classic mythology.

 

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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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Sacrament
Sacramentarians
Sacred Anchors
Sacred City
Sacred Heart
Sacred Isle
Sacred War
Sacred Way (The)
Sacred Weed (The)
Sacrifice
Sacrifice to the Graces
Sacring Bell
Sacripant
Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis)
Sad Dog (He’s a)
Sadah
Sadda
Sadder and a Wiser man (A)
Saddle
Saddletree (Mr. Bartoline)
Sadducees