come down in the world — {v. phr.} To lose a place of respect or honor, become lower (as in rank or fortune). * /The stranger plainly had come down a long way in the world./ Compare: DOWN ON ONE S LUCK … Dictionary of American idioms
come down in the world — {v. phr.} To lose a place of respect or honor, become lower (as in rank or fortune). * /The stranger plainly had come down a long way in the world./ Compare: DOWN ON ONE S LUCK … Dictionary of American idioms
come up in the world — or[rise in the world] {v. phr.} To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance. * /He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife s baked goods from a pushcart./ Compare: GET AHEAD.… … Dictionary of American idioms
The Light of the World — For the film, see The Light of the World (film). For the oratorio, see The Light of the World (Sullivan). For the religious organisation see La Luz del Mundo. The Light of the World (1853–4) is an allegorical painting by William Holman Hunt… … Wikipedia
The World of Kong — The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island is a 2005 encyclopedic book, made for the release of Peter Jackson s King Kong. The book tells all about King Kong s fictional world. It talks about everything on Skull Island, from the… … Wikipedia
The World (Descartes) — The World , originally titled Le Monde and also called Treatise on the Light , is a book by René Descartes (1596 ndash;1650). Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a relatively complete version of his philosophy, from method, to metaphysics … Wikipedia
The World Turned Upside Down — is an English ballad. It was first published on a broadside in 1643 as a protest against the policies of Oliver Cromwell relating to the celebration of Christmas.Fact|date=October 2007 Cromwell believed the holiday should be a solemn occasion,… … Wikipedia
The Map that Changed the World — is a book by Simon Winchester. It tells the story of geologist William Smith and his great achievement, the first geologic map of England and Wales, the first geologic map in the worldFact|date=July 2008. Smith s pivotal insights were that each… … Wikipedia
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World — ( El Ahogado mas Hermoso del Mundo ) is a 1968 short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Plot. One morning, the village children find a seaweed covered body on the beach. They play with it until the adults discover the corpse and decide that it must… … Wikipedia
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors — (or Christianity Before Christ ) is an 1875 book written by Kersey Graves. It asserts that Jesus was not an actual person, but was a creation largely based on earlier stories of deities or god men saviours who had been crucified, and descended to … Wikipedia
