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...ns. Thus when the prodigal son returns, the father "kills the fatted calf" to show that the celebration is out of the ordinary. In modern usage, "killing the fatted calf" can simply mean to celebrate in an exuberant manner. ...

...hod. The term is derived from the expression: "It only takes one smart cow to open the latch of the gate, and then all the other cows follow."<ref>{{Cite ...ion on the Internet, it only takes one individual's defeat of a DRM scheme to render the method obsolete.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2 ...

{{Short description|Joke pattern pertaining to different economic systems}} ...g|thumb|right|250px|Various scenarios involving two cows have been used as metaphors in economic satire.]] ...

...[dairy cattle]], revenue “[[milking|milked]]” from cash cows is often used to subsidise less profitable parts of a business]] ...ear=2019}}</ref> Revenue “[[milking|milked]]” from cash cows is often used to [[subsidise]] less [[Profit (economics)|profitable]] parts of a business.<r ...

...=March 13, 2017}}</ref> The phrase appears to have been adopted as a means to avoid using obscene or indecent language and may have been based on a gener ...series of short stories, television programs, and movies, which attempted to show the humorous, homey side of teenage life.}} ...

{{Short description|Figure used to test an idea for a third party}} ...r drop the idea completely or bide its time and wait until a better moment to launch an attack. The relationship between the stalking horse and third par ...

...d Orange - they do not compare.jpg|right|thumb|An apple and an orange, not to be practically compared]] ...ges'', refers to the differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or [[unit commensurability|incommensurable]], such as [[app ...

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...having something for which one has no use. Although the story was ascribed to [[Aesop's Fables]] in the 15th century, there is no ancient source that doe ...ot eat the grain, but who nevertheless prevented the horse from being able to eat anything either."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/o ...

...}}) was a [[cult image]] made by the [[Israelites]] when [[Moses]] went up to [[Mount Sinai (bible)|Mount Sinai]]. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "t ...with the god El, the chief god of the Canaanites, who was in fact referred to as Bull El.}} ...

...in the [[Progressive Era]] in the United States (1890s–1920s) who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often through ...re]]—took on corporate monopolies and [[political machine]]s, while trying to raise public awareness and anger at urban [[poverty]], unsafe working condi ...

...the terms "[[Cuckoo's egg (metaphor)|cuckoo's egg]]" and "[[cuckold]]" as metaphors, but most species raise their own young. ...Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''. In India, cuckoos are sacred to [[Kamadeva]], the god of desire and longing, whereas in Japan, the cuckoo s ...

...nt]]. In addition to his astral role, Sin was also closely associated with cattle herding. Furthermore, there is some evidence that he could serve as a judge ...], could be regarded as members of their family too. Sin was also believed to have an attendant deity ([[sukkal]]), [[Alammuš]], and various courtiers, s ...

...t Greek philosophy''' arose in the 6th century BC. [[Philosophy]] was used to make sense of the world using [[reason]]. It dealt with a wide variety of s ...ce lead from [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] and Hellenistic philosophers to [[Roman philosophy]], [[early Islamic philosophy]], [[Middle Ages|medieval] ...

...have intensive farming methods for centuries, a tradition that dates back to the time of the Bantu expansion within their historical states.<ref name="R ...arles New, who associated it with the Swahili words meaning "to stray" or "to get lost," reflecting the area's dense forests that often disoriented visit ...

...in 45 BC (''ad Fam.'' 9.22) to a friend called Paetus, in which he alludes to a number of obscene words without actually naming them. ...f the fertility god [[Priapus]], whose wooden image was customarily set up to protect orchards against thieves. The earlier poems of [[Horace]] also cont ...

...e been applied to real animals in some older translations of the Bible due to misunderstandings or educational prejudices of the [[Greek language|Greek]] ...rst=Lidar|author2=Erez Ben-Yosef|title=The Introduction of Domestic Camels to the Southern Levant: Evidence from the Aravah Valley|journal=Tel Aviv|year= ...

...rsee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal gov ...n]]. By the beginning of the 12th century, the title of portreeve gave way to that of mayor as the designation of the chief officer of London, followed a ...