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How did the suitors catch on to Penelope's ruse in the odyssey?
One of them was wandering around and caught her going to unravel her weaving and told the others, but in some stories they were waiting up for her to catch her.
Where did the phrase catch 22 originate?
Catch 22 is the title of a novel written by Joseph Heller in 1961, and a movie based on the novel in 1973 The following quotation comes courtesy of IMDb.com Yossarian: Is Orr crazy?Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: Of course he is. He has to be crazy to keep flying after all his close calls he's had.Yossarian: Why can't you ground him?Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: I can, but first he has to ask me.Yossarian: That's all he's gotta do to be grounded?Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: That's all.Yossarian: Then you can ground him?Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: No. Then I cannot ground him.Yossarian: Aah!Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: There's a CATCH?Yossarian: A catch?Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: Sure. Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat isn't really crazy, so I can't ground him.Yossarian: Ok, let me see if I've got this straight. In order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy. And I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy anymore, and I have to keep flying.Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: You got it, that's Catch-22.Yossarian: Whoo... That's some catch, that Catch-22.Dr. 'Doc' Daneeka: It's the best there is.
What was muhammed ali catch phrase?
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
How did ancient Egyptians catch fish?
they jumped into the water and caught themm with their bare hands
Where does 'clutching at straws' come from?
It is attributed to Sir Thomas More in 1534 in A drowning man will catch at straws meaning an act of desperation.
