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Origin of English idioms and slang words Origin of English idioms and slang words
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Origin of English idioms and slang words Origin of English idioms and slang words

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Introduction Words to the wise Animals Slang words Words with many variants of origin
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Introduction Words to the wise Animals Slang words Words with many variants of origin

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Words to the wise. Once in a blue moon
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Words to the wise. Once in a blue moon

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Words to the wise. Long in the tooth It’s just the old person. This expression first appeared in the book of J,C.Snaith ‘Love Jane’(1919), and originally it referred only to horses. The older the horse is, the longer its teeth look.
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Words to the wise. Long in the tooth It’s just the old person. This expression first appeared in the book of J,C.Snaith ‘Love Jane’(1919), and originally it referred only to horses. The older the horse is, the longer its teeth look.

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Words to the wise. Pardon My French It started circulating on both sides of the Atlantic around 1916 and so almost certainly stems from the World War I escapades of American and British soldiers. People say that when they apologize for something.
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Words to the wise. Pardon My French It started circulating on both sides of the Atlantic around 1916 and so almost certainly stems from the World War I escapades of American and British soldiers. People say that when they apologize for something.

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Words to the wise. To give someone the cold shoulder When guests would overstay their welcome as house guests, the Hosts would (instead of feeding them good, warm meals) give their too-long staying guests the worst part of the animal, not warmed, but the COLD SHOULDER.
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Words to the wise. To give someone the cold shoulder When guests would overstay their welcome as house guests, the Hosts would (instead of feeding them good, warm meals) give their too-long staying guests the worst part of the animal, not warmed, but the COLD SHOULDER.

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Animals. White elephant Siamese, one of the tribes in Africa, considered them sacred, and any captured white elephant (they were not so rare) became the property of emperor. Оne of the emperors invented the terrible way of punishment for his courtiers – he offered them this elephant. The animal ate, ran around the house, destroyed the fences and roofs… And his master was not allowed to ride it by law! Many courtiers simply couldn’t afford the upkeep of the elephant and became just financially ruined.
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Animals. White elephant Siamese, one of the tribes in Africa, considered them sacred, and any captured white elephant (they were not so rare) became the property of emperor. Оne of the emperors invented the terrible way of punishment for his courtiers – he offered them this elephant. The animal ate, ran around the house, destroyed the fences and roofs… And his master was not allowed to ride it by law! Many courtiers simply couldn’t afford the upkeep of the elephant and became just financially ruined.

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Animals. Dog days That means the hottest and driest days in the summer. Or someone’s bad days when one feels very much uneasy and uncomfortable. It comes from the Roman times when a constellation of a Dog existed. Days where you could see this constellation were called Dog days (they began in the middle of the summer).
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Animals. Dog days That means the hottest and driest days in the summer. Or someone’s bad days when one feels very much uneasy and uncomfortable. It comes from the Roman times when a constellation of a Dog existed. Days where you could see this constellation were called Dog days (they began in the middle of the summer).

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Slang words. Hobnob. This is a leader or boss. This expression was brought to the USA from fliers stationed in Japan during World War Two. In Japanese that means ‘a leader of the squad’, and American began to use it too.
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Slang words. Hobnob. This is a leader or boss. This expression was brought to the USA from fliers stationed in Japan during World War Two. In Japanese that means ‘a leader of the squad’, and American began to use it too.

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Slang words. Eavesdroppers From the 16 through the 19 centuries houses were surrounded by eavesdrops, spaces where water dripped from the eaves. It was invented to provide the security of the foundation(to make rain fall far enough from the house). The first eavesdroppers stood there to hear private conversations.
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Slang words. Eavesdroppers From the 16 through the 19 centuries houses were surrounded by eavesdrops, spaces where water dripped from the eaves. It was invented to provide the security of the foundation(to make rain fall far enough from the house). The first eavesdroppers stood there to hear private conversations.

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Many variants of origin. To keep a stiff upper lip
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Many variants of origin. To keep a stiff upper lip

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Many variants of origin. Minding your p’s and q’s
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Many variants of origin. Minding your p’s and q’s

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Many variants of origin. Saved by the bell
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Many variants of origin. Saved by the bell

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Many variants of origin. To burn the candle at both ends
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Many variants of origin. To burn the candle at both ends

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Many variants of origin. Rule of thumb
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Many variants of origin. Rule of thumb

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Many variants of origin. Tie the knot
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Many variants of origin. Tie the knot

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The end Thanks for your attention! 
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The end Thanks for your attention! 

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