Hansel and Gretel
Proper noun
Meaning
Hansel and Gretel
A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.
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Examples
Hansel and Gretel discovered the ginger bread house about 45 minutes after they discovered the mushrooms.
We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world.
Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics.
So that people walking past the house can remark that it looks like something out of Hansel and Gretel?
Arona welcomes the musical 'Hansel and Gretel'
In the case of Hansel and Gretel lost in the woods, if our fear manifests itself in the way of being kidnapped, we know after reading the fable that this fear can be abated by disposing the offender, even by way of a fiery oven.