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• Hearts and arrows — is a style of cut used for round brilliant diamonds. Looking at the pattern is also a way of measuring optical symmetry, while gem laboratories only measure physical symmetry.The Hearts and Arrows pattern appears in brilliant cut diamonds that… …   Wikipedia

• Slings and Arrows — is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a troubled Shakespearean festival similar to the real world Stratford Festival. The program stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns.The blackly comic series first… …   Wikipedia

• slings and arrows — used with reference to adverse factors or circumstances the slings and arrows of outrageous critics Origin: with reference to Shakespeare s Hamlet iii. i. 58 * * * slings and arrows : the problems and criticisms that are experienced in someone s… …   Useful english dictionary

• slings and arrows — noun plural Etymology: from the phrase “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” in Shakespeare s Hamlet Date: 1963 pointed often acerbic critical attacks < has suffered the slings and arrows of detractors Roland Gelatt > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slings and arrows — unpleasant, negative attacks. He was surprised by the slings and arrows directed at him by several economists. Etymology: from the phrase “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” in Shakespeare s play “Hamlet” …   New idioms dictionary

• (the) slings and arrows of outrageous fortune — the slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune) literary unpleasant things that happen to you that you cannot prevent. We all have to suffer the slings and arrows, so there s no point getting depressed when things go wrong …   New idioms dictionary

• (the) slings and arrows — the slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune) literary unpleasant things that happen to you that you cannot prevent. We all have to suffer the slings and arrows, so there s no point getting depressed when things go wrong …   New idioms dictionary

• bow and arrows — Cockney Rhyming Slang Farrahs (trousers) Nice pair of bow and arrows. Use your best Cockney accent here …   English dialects glossary

• Arrows — This article is about a Formula One team. For other meanings of Arrow and Arrows , see Arrow (disambiguation). Arrows Full name Arrows Grand Prix International Base Milton Keynes, UK, later Leafield, UK Found …   Wikipedia

• Arrows A23 — Category Formula One Constructor Arrows Designer(s) Mike Coughlan Sergio Rinland …   Wikipedia