One of the real highlights of the social calendar, Royal Ascot week gets more newspaper…
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In Britain, we do love a bonkers festival. If you happen to be in the…
Glyndebourne The Glyndebourne Festival runs from May to August every year, offering a programme of…
To (really) take the biscuit – when someone has done something that you find…
Two-a-penny – something that is in plentiful supply, and therefore very cheap. Possibly from the old…
to lick the cake for someone / to lick someone’s cake – to demonstrate love…
“Shall I be Mother?” means, in essence, “Shall I pour the tea?”. Another element in…
Every year British newspapers have a great deal of fun playing with language around pancakes,…
An expression used to describe a situation when everything is included. But…
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The Best-Laid Plans
The best laid plans often go awry is a translation of a line from a…
