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* Reference to the phrase: "This has [insert word] written all over it." '''chisel''', ''n.'', a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (as wood, stone, or metal) - [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chisel Merriam-Webster]. '''chiseled''', ''adj.'', formed or crafted as if with a chisel - [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chiseled Merriam-Webster]. | * Reference to the phrase: "This has [insert word] written all over it." '''chisel''', ''n.'', a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (as wood, stone, or metal) - [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chisel Merriam-Webster]. '''chiseled''', ''adj.'', formed or crafted as if with a chisel - [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chiseled Merriam-Webster]. | ||
* '''[blank] written all over it''' - an idiom meaning that the object of the phrase is the epitome of [blank]. ''If something, such as a plan or idea, has ''disaster written all over it'', it is thought to be heading for complete failure or will cause a lot of trouble, i.e. "Mary's idea of a holiday with her in-laws has disaster written all over it!"'' - [http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/alpha-list_D.html English idioms and idiomatic expressions] | |||
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'''Iolaus:''' Look, I know a con when I see one, and this has 'setup' chiseled all over it.}} | '''Iolaus:''' Look, I know a con when I see one, and this has 'setup' chiseled all over it.}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:58, 24 September 2011
Long before planes, trains, and automobiles, there were people. And people still used common phrases and sayings, but they were slightly different. Here are a few examples of lines or other things in the episodes that reference familiar phrases or items in the 20th century.
1.01 Treasure of Zeus
- Reference to the phrase: "No shirt, no shoes, no service."
Kora: I'm gonna have to put up a sign: 'No shirt, no feet, no service.'
1.02 Between Friends
- dinar-counter, a.k.a. bean counter, n. Slang - A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters. - Answers.com
- bean counter - A disparaging term for an accountant, or anyone who one who is excessively concerned with statistical records or accounts. - The Phrase Finder
Jason: What'd Fiducius want?
Iolaus: What's a dinar-counter like him always want? The academy fees.
Iolaus: What's a dinar-counter like him always want? The academy fees.
1.03 What a Crockery
- It is a dream of most teenagers to borrow the keys to their father's car.
Hercules: What do you talk to dads about?
Jason: Ask him how his day was. See if you can borrow the reins to the chariot.
Jason: Ask him how his day was. See if you can borrow the reins to the chariot.
- Reference to the old "The dog ate my homework" excuse.
Iolaus: You'd think Cheiron would have accepted my excuse about the God of War vaporizing my homework.
1.12 Battle Lines II
- Reference to the phrase: "This has [insert word] written all over it." chisel, n., a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (as wood, stone, or metal) - Merriam-Webster. chiseled, adj., formed or crafted as if with a chisel - Merriam-Webster.
- [blank] written all over it - an idiom meaning that the object of the phrase is the epitome of [blank]. If something, such as a plan or idea, has disaster written all over it, it is thought to be heading for complete failure or will cause a lot of trouble, i.e. "Mary's idea of a holiday with her in-laws has disaster written all over it!" - English idioms and idiomatic expressions
Iolaus: Look, I know a con when I see one, and this has 'setup' chiseled all over it.
