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Rickrolling
Rickrolling is an internet meme. An meme is something that spreads via the internet. If you click on a link that leads to the Rick Astley video for ‘Never gonna give you up’ you have been Rickrolled....
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What does SNAFU mean
It is an abbreviation of Situation Normal: All Fucked Up. Used as there has been a bit of a SNAFU with your booking.
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Idiom – Busman’s Holiday
This is used if you spent your holiday or a break doing something you usually do – like a bus driver going on a bus holiday.
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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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Swedish and English Idioms
English is a very idiomatic language. This makes it very difficult for foreign speakers of English as the meaning is not always obvious, even from the context. My advice is to avoid using them unless...
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Idioms for bodily functions
I was having a discussion with my fifteen year old nephew this summer about idioms (more interesting than it sounds!). He said that there were many slang terms and idioms for breasts, penises, being...
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Blåsväder
This seems to be a very popular word in the Swedish press. In English we would say someone is in ’hot water’ Janet
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The Cat’s Whiskers
Fluffy, previously known as Piggelin To be the cat’s whiskers is an English idiom meaning excellence – find useful idioms and phrases here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/index.html
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Punctuation Changes Everything
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Indian Giver
Besides being a song by the 1910 Fruitgum Company it means the following (from Wikipedia) Indian giver is an American English expression used to describe a person who gives a gift (literal or...
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Idioms and Euphemisms for Death
The most common and gentlest easily-understandable euphemism used to announce that someone has died is passed away, passed on or simply passed. Anything stronger may give offence, anything more...
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Whistle-blower
Meaning A person who tries to raise the alarm about a problem and publicises it inside and/or outside of his/her organisation. Origin If the number of phrases that make direct reference to whistles is...
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The history of The Middle Finger – or not?
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be...
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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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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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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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Idioms about March
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb – the month of March usually starts with cold, unpleasant weather, but ends mild and pleasant. (Either part of the proverb can be used alone.) To...
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