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Reverse Ferret!
Source Swedish has a phrase, coined in 2002 when a politician (Jan O. Karlsson) was rude to a journalist after a question about receiving double pension. He had to ‘do a poodle’ the next day, where he...
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Antiquated phrases
a month of Sundays damn it Janet exqueeze me I’ll file that in my mental Rolodex in two shakes of a lamb’s tail nails on a blackboard/chalkboard Nobody puts baby in the corner party hardy roll down...
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Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations
The Chinese equivalent of this would be from peasant shoes to peasant shoes in three generations, the Italian is from peasant shoes to peasant shoes, and in Scotland the father buys, the son builds,...
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Rickrolling
Rickrolling is an internet meme. If you click on a link that leads to the Rick Astley video for ‘Never gonna give you up’ you have been Rickrolled. The link is usually from someone you know and looks...
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Common phrases in their complete form
A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one Happy as a clam at high tide Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back The love of money is the...
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The Streisand Effect
The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually...
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Idiom: to jump the shark
When a tv series ‘jumps the shark’ it means that the story arc reaches its peak, the storyline becomes ridiculous and the show loses credibility. The phrase comes from the television series Happy Days...
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Fashion and Clothing Related Idioms
A feather in one’s cap À la mode A stitch in time saves nine A wolf in sheep’s clothing Bee in your bonnet Belt and braces Best bib and tucker Bodice ripper Buckle down Clog up Dressed to the nines...
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Idiom – damning with faint praise
Damning with faint praise means that you praise someone so so slightly and inconsequential that it actually comes across as more of an insult. For example if someone says ‘you hardly noticed your beer...
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Figuratively speaking…English idioms using numbers
A1 back to square one a one-track mind one in a million to be at one go one better one-man band one-horse town as easy as one-two-three one too many one for the road it takes two to tango two-timing...
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The Coriolis Effect Myth
Were you ever told (or even taught) that water spirals down a drain in different directions in the northern and southern hemispheres due to the Coriolis effect? Weird how those things stick in your...
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Swenglish – when things go horribly wrong
In English if you have to clear your throat it is called having a frog in your throat. In Swedish it is called a tupp i halsen, which means a cock in your throat. A cock in your throat is definitely...
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Spoonerisms
Meaning An accidental transposition of the initial sounds, or other parts, of two or more words. Origin The Rev. William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), who was a fellow and warden of New College,...
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Very British phrases
There are several words and phrases I use on social media without realising that they are culturally or geographically niched. A few that spring to mind are ‘hamfisted’, ‘cheeky’ and ‘trainspotter’....
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