Monday, December 19, 2011 at 08:53PM 
100 KJV Phrases in 3 minutesThe Kings English - 100 phrases in 3 Minutes [HD] delivered in British English (it wouldn't sound right otherwise!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQVbBjgBS6A
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"The apple of his eye," an expression which is still used in Modern English, refers to a thing or person which is somebody's favorite. is used several times in the King James Bible. The first place is in Deuteronomy:
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 12:32PM "A Drop in the Bucket" is another common idiom from the King James Bible.
Isaiah 40:15
"Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing."
A drop of dew on the tip of a leaf (highly magnified). Source: 'Dangled' (CC, ecstaticist's photostream, Flickr)
bucket (CC, DWStucke, Flickr)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 09:40PM Many common English phrases and idioms come from the King James Bible. One of these is from the Book of Genesis: "Am I my brother's keeper?" "Am I my brother's keeper" is especially elegant because of the rhythm. Notice how short and long syllables alternate:
