What does butterfly upon a wheel mean?

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butterfly upon a wheel

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

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butterflies upon a wheel (plural) butterflies upon wheels (plural)

break a butterfly upon the wheel

break a butterfly upon the wheel

What does butterfly upon a wheel mean?: An innocent person (usually a female) crushed by life's adversities.

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