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Specialty Expressions: ILL WIND

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Ill WindLiterature1: "Except wind stands as never it stood,
2: Tusser: Five Hundred Points of Good
3: It is au ill-wind turns none to good."
4: Husbandry, xiii.
5: 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Someone profits by every loss; someone is benefited by every misfortune. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Extended Definition: Ill Wind

Ill Wind

"Ill Wind" is also a song by Flanders and Swann.

"Ill Wind" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by Ted Koehler, it was written for their last show at the Cotton Club Parade, in 1934.

The melody came to Arlen whilst he was visiting Anya Taranda, a model who was to become Arlen's wife. [1]

Notable recordings

  • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella at the Opera House (1958), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961)
  • Lee Morgan - Cornbread (album) (1967)

External links

References

  1. Liner notes, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ill Wind". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: ILL WIND

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Yon Ill Wind9   Ill Wind3
Operation Ill Wind8   Operation Ill Wind8
Ill Wind3   Yon Ill Wind9

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

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