The great Erymanthian Boar becomes a tweed-jacketed bore whom Hercules puts to sleep with the tedious details of his training regime, while the terrible Stymphalian Birds can only be grounded by the "most awful sound in the world".
Some items, like eggs, even became more expensive out of terrible luck: A bird flu outbreak caused the country to kill 17 million chickens, which led to huge hikes in egg prices.
I'm terrible at Flappy Bird.
Wise up! She'll make you wait forever, man!" The lonely laugh of Eoin died a terrible death, like a bird impaled on a spike.
This is the least that can be done in view of this egregious betrayal of the public trust, the damage to the environment and the terrible loss of wild birds and other wildlife -- all due to the criminal activities of this corporate giant.
Girl and bird bonded with terrible intensity and spent much time in each other's company.
He could feel the engines protesting, abnormal vibrations that signalled the destruction of the finely balanced machinery inside, and there was a terrible smell, too, of burning birds.
When he was young, crop yields were terrible, and of what grew, birds, mice and insects got more than his family, who lived primarily on corn, taro, sweet potato and bits of eel.
"What with oil pollution and chemicals the birds have had a terrible time recently," he said.
The one dog, the four cats and the birds all died a terrible death.
