Originally Posted By: Tromboniator
Yes, indeed.

I presume that "fell swoop" referred originally to a bird of prey, an image that was brought home to me one spring night as my wife and I were preparing for sleep: outside our window we heard our lovely little Manx cat shriek, the heavy beat of a wing, and she was gone. Owl or hawk, we never knew.

Peter



I have a huge Cooper's hawk living in the trees, and
s/he has been making dinner lately of the mourning doves
which are so slow to fly away. Fell swoops and all.

----please, draw me a sheep----