Fit of pique. Tail off. Hidesaburō Ueno. Hidesaburō Ueno (上野 英三郎, Ueno Hidesaburō? , c. 1871 - May 21, 1925), sometimes written as Ueno Hidesaburō[1] was an agricultural scientist, famous in Japan as the guardian of Hachikō, a devoted dog. Life and career[edit] Grave of Hidesaburō Ueno and monument to Hachikō (right stele), located at Aoyama Cemetery (青山霊園) Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo Hidesaburō Ueno was born in Hisai-shi (present-day Tsu), Mie Prefecture. In 1895, he graduated from Imperial University's agriculture department, and in the same year entered graduate school to study agricultural engineering and farm implement research.
He made efforts toward the education of technical experts in the field of arable land readjustment: studying drainage and reclamation engineering. In popular culture[edit] His dog, Hachiko, became famous for continually waiting for him every day at the train station until he himself died 9 years later. See also[edit] Notes[edit] Further reading[edit]
Per se. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Per se may refer to: All's fair in love and war. All's fair in love and war. Prov. Cliché In some situations, such as when you are in love or waging war, you are allowed to be deceitful in order to get what you want. (Often said as an excuse for deception.) I cheated on the entrance exam, but I really want to get into that school, and all's fair in love and war. To get Judy to go out with him, Bob lied and told her that her boyfriend was seeing another woman. All's fair in love and war. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. something that you say which means behaviour that is unpleasant or not fair is acceptable during an argument or competition We weren't cheating, we were just playing to win.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Link to this page: <a href=" fair in love and war</a> Peeping Tom - definition of peeping Tom by the Free Online Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Peeping Tom n 1. a man who furtively observes women undressing; voyeur [C19: after the tailor who, according to legend, peeped at Lady Godiva when she rode naked through Coventry] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 Peep′ing Tom′n. a person who obtains sexual gratification by observing others surreptitiously. [1910–15; allusion to the man who peeped at Lady Godiva as she rode naked through Coventry] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Translations Peeping Tom[ˌpiːpɪŋˈtɒm]N → mirón m Peeping Tom[ˌpiːpɪŋˈtɒm]n → guardone m. Dumpster diving. Taking items from piles of waste for personal use Different terms are used to refer to different forms of this activity. For picking materials from the curbside trash collection, expressions such as curb shopping, trash picking or street scavenging are sometimes used.[5] In the UK, if someone is primarily seeking recyclable metal, they are scrapping, and if they are picking the leftover food from farming left in the fields, they are gleaning.[6] People dumpster dive for items such as clothing, furniture, food, and similar items in good working condition.[7] Some people do this out of necessity due to poverty;[8] others do it for ideological reasons or professionally and systematically for profit.[9] Etymology[edit] Alternative names for the practice include bin-diving,[14] containering,[15] D-mart,[16] dumpstering,[17] totting,[1] and skipping.[18] In Australia, garbage picking is called "skip dipping.
"[6] Participants[edit] Overview[edit] Legal status[edit] By country[edit] Belgium[edit] Food. Potter's field. A potter's field or common grave is a term for a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people. The expression derives from the Bible, referring to a field used for the extraction of potter's clay; such land, useless for agriculture, could be used as a burial site. Origin[edit] The term comes from Matthew 27:3-27:8 in the New Testament of the Bible, in which Jewish priests take 30 pieces of silver returned by a remorseful Judas: Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients, saying: "I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.
" The site referred to in these verses is traditionally known as Akeldama, in the valley of Hinnom, which was a source of potter's clay. Matthew was drawing on earlier Biblical references to potter's fields The passage continues, with verses 9 and 10:- This is a free quotation from Zechariah 11:12-13. Examples[edit] Popular culture[edit] See also[edit] Tall order - definition of tall order by the Free Online Dictionary.