What is the proper term? One Fell Swoop or One Felt Swoop?

DetailSpaz · #1 09-07-2007, 15:15

I know what the phrase means.... but anyone know the meaning behind the term??

Peta · #2 09-07-2007, 15:25

One Fell swoopIt's from Shakespeare's Macbeth, He says it after his family has all been murdered:All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?What, all my pretty chickens and their damAt one fell swoop?

Eezan · #3 09-07-2007, 15:45

Peta's right. it's One Fell SwoopThe origin of the title "One Fell Swoop," a phrase that has come to common usage in English, is Shakespeare's Macbeth, in which the character Macduff, upon hearing that his family has been murdered, quoth[1]:â€œAll my pretty ones?Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?What, all my pretty chickens and their damAt one fell swoop?

poetri_cindy · #4 09-07-2007, 16:07

the right term is one fell swoopIf something is done in one fell swoop or at one fell swoop, it is done on a single occasion or by a single action.For example, in one fell swoop the bank wiped away the tentative benefits of this policy.

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