Alarms and excursions
Alarms and excursions :
Alarms and excursions
Confused activity and uproar, humorous
Alarm was formerly spelled alarum, representing a pronunciation with a rolling of the r
The phrase was originally a call summoning soldiers to arms. The whole phrase is used in stage directions in Shakespeare to indicate a battle scene
Alarms and excursions :
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