Even Richard Dawkins believes that we should all know our Bibles! The examples below have made a great contribution to English language and culture, which even Dawkins recognises.
See if you can identify these phrases coined by William Tyndale… without Google!?
1. How are the mighty fallen
2. I am escaped with the skin of my teeth
3. Put his household in order
4. Can the leopard change his spots?
5. The salt of the earth
6. A sign of the times
7. A law unto themselves
8. Through a glass darkly
9. The last trumpet
10. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die
11. The scarlet woman
12. Am I my brother’s keeper?
13. Written in stone
14. Out of the strong comes sweetness
15. There’s a time for everything
16. The apple of my eye
17. He poured his heart out
18. A drop in the bucket
Answers are from the King James translation much of which follows Tyndale and can be found in the next article
Quiz
Alex Bunn