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Originally Posted By: TromboniatorYes, 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----
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