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Life isn’t all beer and skittles – a brilliant phrase. It simply means that life…
On The Sauce
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Hurrah! It’s National Fish and Chip Day. EVERY British person I know Knows About Fish and Chips.…
(Not so) Sour Grapes – A Beginner’s Guide to English & Welsh Wine
Sour Grapes – to dismiss or criticise something, because you are hacked off that you…
‘There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch’ Something we say to show that we…
“Use your loaf!” – an imperative form used in frustration to tell someone not to…
to eat someone out of house and home – to eat everything offered to you,…
You can’t have your cake and eat it – literally means that you cannot eat the…
Two-a-penny – something that is in plentiful supply, and therefore very cheap. Possibly from the old…