the Words Made Flesh

... So, what might happen when there are too many cooks in the kitchen? Saying (UK): Too many Cooks Spoil the Broth (US) :Too many Cooks Spoil the Soup. This idiomatic expression is said when there are too many perople involved in trying to do the same thing so that the final result is not satisfying. The proverb, ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’, means: When there are a lot of people working on a project, then that project may not be completed to such a high standard. Sometimes one person does a better job than many. At work, a single, streamlined approach can be better to get the desired results. When leaders give us conflicting directions, we can end up more confused. It is better when fewer people are working on a given task. In particular, the proverb refers to a situation in which there are several people trying to take on a leadership role or to control what is going on. In such a situation, everyone may have their own way of doing things and arguments and ...

The facade of the Mermaid Inn, Rye. The Mermaid Inn is a historical Inn located on Mermaid Street , once the town's main road in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex, southeastern England. Mermaid Street of present day must have been the Middle Street of 1670. The current building dates from the year 1420 and has 16th century additions of Tudor Style, but its cellars erected in 1156 still survive. Rye, East Sussex Rye has an incredible wealth of architecture for a small town. Medieval, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian...There is timber framed stone, red brick, all accompanied by cobbled streets. Lined with crooked cottages and half-timbered houses, the narrow, cobbled Mermaid Street is one of the Rye's most photographed views. The Mermaid Inn, Rye. The Mermaid Inn was established in the 1620 and it has a long, jagged and captivating history and attracts everyone from Shakespeare historian to ghost hunters. During the 18th century, the...

Shakespeare's Globe The Extraordinary History of the Globe Theatre The Globe Theatre is the famous London Theatre in which 1599 the plays of William Shakespeare were performed. William Shakespeare, also spelled Shakspere , byname Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon, baptized in April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, died in April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, was an English poet, dramatist and actor often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. The Globe Theatre is a landmark attraction along the South Bank is actually the fourth reincarnation of what was Shakespeare's original theatre. It is understood that Shakespeare and his company ran into trouble with their landlord and were forced out of the The Theatre, however it was when one of the group spotted a loop hole in their contract and they discovered they actually owned the wooden structure that a plan then emerged. Over the C...

Princess Eugenie of York for Harper's Bazaar in Alberta Ferreti gown, September 2016 THE ROYAL BRIDE Princess Eugenie, Eugenie Victoria Helena, was born on 23 of March, 1990. She is a member of the British Royal Family and the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York. Princess Eugenie is ninth in the line of succession to the British throne, following her sister, Princess Beatrice of York. Princess Eugenie, daughter of Prince Andrrew, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II with her fiance, Jack Brooksband. Their wedding took place on October 12, 2018 in the Royal Chapel of Saint George, Windsor Castle. Early Background Princess Eugenie was born in London, at the Portland Hospital for women and children on 23 March, 1990 and she is the second child of Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York, the sixth granddchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. She has been the first r...

Not See the Forest for the Trees (UK),meaning: If people don't see the forest for the trees, they get so caught up in small detail, that they fail to understand the bigger picture. It is used for saying that someone is so worried about small details that they do not see the most basic and important features of a situation. The UK variant idiomatic phrase of this expression is to not see the wood for the trees and it is identical in meaning. It refers to people being unable to get a general understanding of a situation because they are too worried about the details. SYNONYMS, THESAURUS Feelings of confusion and distraction confused adjective unable to understand something or think clearly about it bewildered adjective confused and not certain what to do perplexed adjective confused because you cannot understand something dazed adjective unable to think clearly or understand what is happening because you are surprised, upset, tired, or have been hit on t...

The meaning of the Idiomatic Phrase "Cut of One's Jib" ( Informal ), One's appearance, demeanour, way of dressing, mien, manner. Origins of the Phrase The Jib of a sailing ship is a triangular sail set between the fore-topmast head and the jib boom. Some ships had more than one jib sail. Each country had its own style of sail and so the nationality of a sailing ship, and a sailor's consequent opinion of it could be determined from the jib. The phrase became used in an idiomatic way during the 19th century. Sir Walter Scott used it in St. Roman's Well, 1824 , " If she disliked what the sailor calls the cut of their jib ". There may be an allusion between the triangular shape of noses and jibs in the figurative use of this phrase, but this isn't authenticated. Portrait of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet, popular throughout much of the world...

Melford Hall, Queen Elizabeth Portrait, Stained Glass Melford Hall, Suffolk, National Trust Property; National Trust for Places of Historic Interest and Natural Beauty Melford Hall is a property with a history interesting female inhabitants and visitors and, in celebration of this, we remember the lives of Elizabeth, Countess Rivers and Ulla, Lady Hyde Parker and the impact they had on the house they loved. Melford Hall has had a long and varied history. Now the family home of the Hyde Parks, over five hundred years ago the estate was owned by the Abbots of St. Edmundsbury. 1. Abbots of St Edmundsbury1000s-1500s: For around five hundred years Melford was owned by the Abbots of St Edmundsbury. Although the site has been extensively altered remnants of the lives of the abbots remain. The cellars, which cannot be accessed by members of the public, were used as rooms during this period. 1536: Early in the sixteenth century Henry VIII became leader of the Church of ...

The Meadow Christ Church meadow is a rare open space at the heart of Oxford, open to the public all year round. Though seemingly tranquil, the meadow is highly variable, with seasonal flooding and a variety of wildlife that comes and goes. During the Civil War it proved invaluable as a defence against the Parliamentarian forces, but visitors are nowadays more likely to encounter a rare English Longhorn cow than a soldier besieging the city. The meadow has long been used as a site for sport, entertainment and recreation. It was the location for some of the earliest balloon flights in England: in 1784 James Sadler, ‘the first English aeronaut’ rose from Christ Church meadow, landing six miles away after a half-hour flight. In May 1785 Sadler again ascended from the meadow, this time with the statesman William Windham as a passenger. The meadow is enclosed by the rivers Cherwell and Thames - the Thames is known as the Isis whilst flowing through the city. The Isis ...