By hand ➡️🖐️
Performed or made using human hands rather than a machine or automated process.
Medieval Idioms and Phrases 🏰⚔️
An old turn of phrase 👴↩️💬
A phrase or expression that sounds old-fashioned or is no longer in common use.
As poor as a church mouse 🤲⛪🐁
To be extremely poor, possessing very little or no money or material possessions.
Come a cropper 🚶♂️💥
To suffer a heavy fall or to experience a complete failure or disaster.
Dead as a doornail 💀🚪🔨
To be completely and utterly lifeless, defunct, or beyond repair.
Lord of the manor 🤴🏰
Historically, the owner of a large estate in the English feudal system, holding significant power and authority over its residents.
Slow as a snail 🐢🐌
To move or act with extreme slowness.
Take up the gauntlet 🖐️⬆️🛡️🧤
To accept a challenge or a dare.
The winter of our discontent ❄️💔
A period of widespread unhappiness, dissatisfaction, or a time of general unease and trouble.
Run the gauntlet 🏃♀️⚔️⚔️⚔️
To endure a series of difficult or unpleasant experiences or criticisms, often in a row.
A trapdoor 🪤🚪
A hidden door in a floor or ceiling, designed to be concealed when closed.
Lower the drawbridge ⬇️🌉
To allow someone to enter a place, especially after initially being reluctant or hostile.
Trial by ordeal ⚖️🔥💧
A method of judging guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous tests, believing that divine intervention would protect the innocent.
The Holy Grail 🕊️🏆✨
An elusive object or goal that is earnestly sought after.
Feed to the wolves 🍽️🐺
To abandon someone to a dangerous or harmful situation without protection.
The gauntlet has been thrown down 🤼♂️🛡️
A challenge has been issued, and a confrontation is inevitable.
Bend the knee 🙏
To show submission or deference to a person or authority.
Up to the hilt ⬆️🗡️
To be completely involved or immersed, often to an extreme degree.
Kiss the ring 💋💍
To show submission or deference to someone in authority by acknowledging their power.
Under the banner of ⬇️🚩
In support of or in the name of a particular cause, group, or principle.
Be someone's knight in shining armor 🛡️⚔️👨🐴
To rescue or save someone from a difficult or dangerous situation.
Give someone short shrift 🤏🗣️
To give someone brief and dismissive treatment, often ignoring their needs or requests.
A short shrift ✂️🫱
To give something very little attention or a quick dismissal.
Let no quarter be given 🚫✋⚔️
Show no mercy or leniency to an opponent, even if they surrender.
Fighting windmills ⚔️💨🛢️
To attack imaginary enemies or pursue futile goals based on mistaken beliefs.
A castle in the air 🏰☁️💭
A plan or hope that is exciting but unlikely to happen.