Another thesaurus moment.

[valis2]

Revenge

vengeance, avengement, sweet revenge, vendetta, death-feud, eye for an eye, blood for blood, a Roland for an Oliver, retaliation, day of reckoning.

rancor, vindictiveness, implacability, malevolence, ruthlessness.

avenger, vindicator, Nemesis, Eumenides.

revenge, avenge, take revente, have one's revenge, breathe revenge, breathe vengeance, wreak one's vengeance, wreak one's anger, give no quarter, have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a rod in pickle, pay off old scores.

keep the wound green, harbour revenge, harbour vindictive feeling, bear malice, rankle, rankle in the breast, have at one's mercy.

revenge, vengeful, vindictive, rancorous, pitiless, ruthless, rigorous, avenging, retaliative, unforgiving, unrelenting, inexorable, stony-hearted, implacable, relentless, remorseless.

rankling, immitigable.

revenge is sweet.

I so love this thesaurus. Who knew having a grudge to settle would be "having a crow to pluck"? So amazing.

Oh, and having a rod in pickle? I was thinking it might be referring to having a piece of metal in acid. Pickle is a light acid that eats away certain marks on metal, I believe, and what a potent image, keeping your weapon in acid, ready to deal your revenge...wow.

I think I'm going to try to post a thesaurus entry every week.

Comments

you rock.

[superbunny3000.livejournal.com]

i cant decide which is better: having a 'crow to pluck' or 'rod in a pickle'

you learn something new every day :)

Re: you rock.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! I love my thesaurus. It is teh awesome. :)

Just don't put the crow in pickle. He won't appreciate it as much as the rod.

[zoepaleologa.livejournal.com]

The rod in pickle refers to birch twigs.

In olden times, teachers did this. They kept birch twigs in brine filled pickle jars to make them swishier and tougher. For the purposes of punishing naughty children.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! Now I know. Though I still like the image of keeping one's weapon immersed in acid, waiting for the moment to strike...hee.

[odyssey01.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that "having a crow to pluck" actually sounds kind of interesting. And never in a million years would I have guessed its meaning. Very educational ;)

Actually, I only just noticed that you added me to your friends-list so I headed over here to say 'thank you'. Of course I just *had* to read you user info and it just *had* to sound interesting. So I have no choice but to friend you back and read that Snape/OC-story at the first opportunity. I *adore* well-written Snape/OC stories (and thank Goodness she's not a DADA-teacher!) :)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Your art is fabulous, and I meant to drop in and drop you a note about the friending...thanks for friending me in return!

You're trying the Giant Fic? Yay!! *jumps up and down in glee* Yes, she's not a feisty/spunky/sweet/heavenly/gorgeous!DADA teacher...I promise. ;) There aren't any Meet Cutes, no one gets pregnant, and there are absolutely no "put-down-Snape-in-front-of-an-audience-while-he-stands-there-flabbergasted" scenes at all.

[morricone1900.livejournal.com]

I'll bet if I had ever used the word "avengement" in something that was going to be graded, the teacher would have circled it and suggested that I had made up the word.

No one's commented on the oddest one of all: "a Roland for an Oliver." Um.....wtf?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I was wondering about that too. I'll have to look into it!