spoiler 4.11.19

[Vicky Ayech]

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NUGGER. I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.

And why IS toby being so helpful? Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

[Sid Nuncius]

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NUGGER. I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.
And why IS toby being so helpful? Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

Brava!

[Mike]

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NUGGER. I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.
And why IS toby being so helpful? Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

Brava!

Helen made best Borsetshire Blue,

Then Cupids Arrow did flew,

It landed mid-breast,

And we all know the rest,

She married the ambulance crew.

[Vicky Ayech]

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NUGGER. I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.
And why IS toby being so helpful? Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

Brava!

Helen made best Borsetshire Blue,
Then Cupids Arrow did flew,
It landed mid-breast,
And we all know the rest,
She married the ambulance crew.

Very good!

[BrritSki]

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NUGGER. I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.
And why IS toby being so helpful? Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

Alternatively:
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He stood in the clarts
And showed her his parts
And Helen went down on her knees.

[Sid Nuncius]

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NUGGER.  I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.
And why IS toby being so helpful?  Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He stood in the clarts
And showed her his parts
And Helen went down on her knees.

:o)

Or:
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
She got up from the settee
With an outsize machete
And he fled to the antipodes.

[Anne B]

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NUGGER.  I hate it when they do that. It is CHEAP. Nuggering
Sheherezade wannabe SWs.
And why IS toby being so helpful?  Could the Big Cheese be Helen's new
squeeze? C an anyone make a pome about that?
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He admired her curds
but then slipped in cow turds
So romance fled away on the breeze

There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze
He stood in the clarts
And showed her his parts
And Helen went down on her knees.

:o)
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
She got up from the settee
With an outsize machete
And he fled to the antipodes.

If it weren't that it was penned by the BTM I'd say BTN.

Anne B

[Sid Nuncius]

Post by Anne B

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
She got up from the settee
With an outsize machete
And he fled to the antipodes.

If it weren't that it was penned by the BTM I'd say BTN.

That is most kind, but I think Helen and knives,stabbings, etc. is
another of those seams of BT which has now been so extensively mined as
not to qualify for a BTN any more. It's still a fit subject for humour,
of course.

[Mike]

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Anne B

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
She got up from the settee
With an outsize machete
And he fled to the antipodes.

If it weren't that it was penned by the BTM I'd say BTN.

That is most kind, but I think Helen and knives,stabbings, etc. is
another of those seams of BT which has now been so extensively mined as
not to qualify for a BTN any more. It's still a fit subject for humour,
of course.

Still a cut above the breast.

[BrritSki]

Post by Mike

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Anne B

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
She got up from the settee
With an outsize machete
And he fled to the antipodes.

If it weren't that it was penned by the BTM I'd say BTN.

That is most kind, but I think Helen and knives,stabbings, etc. is
another of those seams of BT which has now been so extensively mined as
not to qualify for a BTN any more. It's still a fit subject for humour,
of course.

Still a cut above the breast.

YAtheAntipodeanSHirleyBallasAICM5pointsforarumba

[BrritSki]

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Anne B

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
She got up from the settee
With an outsize machete
And he fled to the antipodes.

If it weren't that it was penned by the BTM I'd say BTN.

That is most kind, but I think Helen and knives,stabbings, etc. is
another of those seams of BT which has now been so extensively mined as
not to qualify for a BTN any more.  It's still a fit subject for humour,
of course.

A final [1] version for a much missed umrat:

There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese
Who applied to be Helen's new squeeze;
Which made Kimbo cry
As she passéd by
And wailed, "not more poetry puhleeze"

[1] From me, you lot can do what you want.

[Penny]

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 10:15:10 +0000, BrritSki <***@gmail.com>
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese

DYK the French equivalent for the big cheese is 'la grosse legume', old
bean?

[Mike]

Post by Penny
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese

DYK the French equivalent for the big cheese is 'la grosse legume', old
bean?

IDNWTKT , kindly leave the stage!

[Sid Nuncius]

Post by Mike

Post by Penny
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese

DYK the French equivalent for the big cheese is 'la grosse legume', old
bean?

IDNWTKT , kindly leave the stage!

Well, I most certainly did want to know it. Very pleasing!

[Mike]

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Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese

DYK the French equivalent for the big cheese is 'la grosse legume', old
bean?

IDNWTKT , kindly leave the stage!

Well, I most certainly did want to know it. Very pleasing!

I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <I9RwF.55037$***@fx27.am4>, Mike
<***@ntlworld.com> writes:
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Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

[Jim Easterbrook]

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it
was so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’
and another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some
people in the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation
might ‘go to check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

The Dutch for a fish out of water is a cat in a strange warehouse. And
their pig in a poke is a cat in a sack.

[Nick Odell]

On 7 Nov 2019 19:03:39 GMT, Jim Easterbrook

Post by Jim Easterbrook

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it
was so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’
and another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some
people in the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation
might ‘go to check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

The Dutch for a fish out of water is a cat in a strange warehouse. And
their pig in a poke is a cat in a sack.

YADoctorSeussAICM5ChildrensStories

Nick

[Tony Smith Gloucestershire]

Talking of Big Cheeses, I was given 1 kg. of Stilton last Christmas by my brother. I have not yet decided on my riposte.

[Nick Odell]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

Yes, but what does "Pimple On A Mountain" represent? And why is
"Augenapfel am Berg" its equivalent? Google is being stubbornly
unhelpful.

Nick

[Steve Hague]

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

Yes, but what does "Pimple On A Mountain" represent? And why is
"Augenapfel am Berg" its equivalent? Google is being stubbornly
unhelpful.
Nick

A storm in a teacup? Making a mountain out of a molehill?
Steve

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Post by Steve Hague

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

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Post by Steve Hague

Post by Nick Odell

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

Yes, but what does "Pimple On A Mountain" represent? And why is
"Augenapfel am Berg" its equivalent? Google is being stubbornly
unhelpful.
Nick

I think it means something which is insignificant; "makes as much
difference as"/"is as perceptible as".

Post by Steve Hague
A storm in a teacup? Making a mountain out of a molehill?
Steve

I think those are more "making a lot of fuss about something that isn't
that important" - cognate, but not _quite_ the same concept.

[Sam Plusnet]

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)

Post by Steve Hague

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

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Post by Steve Hague

Post by Nick Odell

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

 Yes, but what does "Pimple On A Mountain" represent? And why is
"Augenapfel am Berg" its equivalent? Google is being stubbornly
unhelpful.
 Nick

I think it means something which is insignificant; "makes as much
difference as"/"is as perceptible as".

Post by Steve Hague
A storm in a teacup? Making a mountain out of a molehill?
Steve

I think those are more "making a lot of fuss about something that isn't
that important" - cognate, but not _quite_ the same concept.

ITYM Much ado about nothing.

[Clive Arthur]

Post by Steve Hague

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

Yes, but what does "Pimple On A Mountain" represent? And why is
"Augenapfel am Berg" its equivalent? Google is being stubbornly
unhelpful.
Nick

A storm in a teacup? Making a mountain out of a molehill?
Steve

A drop in the ocean, I'd say.

Cheers

[Penny]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
remember now are:
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

[Mike]

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

[Sid Nuncius]

Post by Mike

Post by Penny
We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain. If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]

[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Mike

Post by Penny
We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

I remember landing at Manchester, when I was about six. It was pouring.
I'm not sure if I've ever been there since.

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Mike
Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain. If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

Yes; the Folkestone equivalent is France. It has to be something
_moderately_ distant (or via haze or similar), such that you can't see
it all the time - or can't be sure. (In Folkestone, you can usually kid
yourself that you can see a line on the horizon, but are not sure
whether it's just a cloud. Occasionally it is _very_ clear, and about
twice [in some decades] I've seen it so clear I could kid myself I can
see details - I think there's a magnifying effect under unusual weather
conditions.)

[Steve Hague]

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Mike

Post by Penny
We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain.  If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

A bit like the one we have hereabouts:
Cornish born, Cornish bred,
Strong in arm, weak in head.
I've heard that with Yorkshire substituted for Cornish.
Steve

[Sam Plusnet]

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Mike

Post by Penny
We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain.  If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

I first heard it about Bergen and seeing across the fiord.
Later I discovered it applied to anywhere with a fiord.

[Sid Nuncius]

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Sid Nuncius
I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain.  If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

I first heard it about Bergen and seeing across the fiord.
Later I discovered it applied to anywhere with a fiord.

I first heard it about Mumbles lighthouse while living in Swansea. We
could probably compile a significant umratic atlas of "I heard it about..."

[BrritSki]

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Sid Nuncius
I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain.  If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

I first heard it about Bergen and seeing across the fiord.
Later I discovered it applied to anywhere with a fiord.

I first heard it about Mumbles lighthouse while living in Swansea.  We
could probably compile a significant umratic atlas of "I heard it about..."

Black Combe from Barrow-in-Furness.

[Clive Arthur]

Post by BrritSki

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Sid Nuncius
I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain.  If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

I first heard it about Bergen and seeing across the fiord.
Later I discovered it applied to anywhere with a fiord.

I first heard it about Mumbles lighthouse while living in Swansea.  We
could probably compile a significant umratic atlas of "I heard it about..."

Black Combe from Barrow-in-Furness.

Clare Island from Bunowen.

Cheers

[Serena Blanchflower]

Post by Clive Arthur

Post by BrritSki

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Sid Nuncius
I think they say that if you're in Manchester and you can see the
Pennines, it's about to rain.  If you can't see them, it is raining.[1]
[1]Quite a few places have variations on this witticism, I understand.

I first heard it about Bergen and seeing across the fiord.
Later I discovered it applied to anywhere with a fiord.

I first heard it about Mumbles lighthouse while living in Swansea.
We could probably compile a significant umratic atlas of "I heard it
about..."

Black Combe from Barrow-in-Furness.

Clare Island from Bunowen.

Criffel, from Dumfriesshire and I think I've heard Ally cite Criffel
from her side of the Solway Firth.

[BrritSki]

Post by Mike

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
[]

Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

Mmmm, drizzle cake...

Does anyone get the impression that I'm hungry ? :)

[Mike]

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Post by Mike

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

Tony Hancock: The Radio Ham, in which Tony communicates with a fellow ham
known as ‘Manchester Drizzle’.

Mmmm, drizzle cake...
Does anyone get the impression that I'm hungry ? :)

Here, have a swig of Eddie’s hangover cure, you won’t want anything to eat
after that.

[Kate B]

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 18:50:48 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
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Post by Mike
I was beginning to think all of UMRA were still in the land of nod, it was
so quiet!
I suppose it is one of those things that one nation uses ‘Big Cheese’ and
another thinks in terms of a legume. Did you know that where some people in
the UK will ‘go to see a man about a dog’, the French nation might ‘go to
check the fish tank’?

Comparing idioms in various languages can be endlessly fascinating (the
German for "pimple on a mountain" is "Augenapfel am Berg" - eyeball on a
mountain!), and often amusing.

We had a lesson (probably near the end of term) in my first German class
where we went through a booklet of German idioms. The only ones I can
Abwarten und tee trinken - which sounded like a better idea than wait and
see; and one which translated as 'raining as it does in Manchester' - which
was news to me, I'd never been to Manchester.

I encountered a very idiomatic idiom in Vienna. I asked a stage manager
to move a chair in the orchestra pit. Not his job, he explained to me,
'nicht mein Kaffee'. I rather liked this.

[BrritSki]

Post by Mike

Post by Penny
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Vicky Ayech
There was a Big Cheese of all Cheese

DYK the French equivalent for the big cheese is 'la grosse legume', old
bean?

IDNWTKT , kindly leave the stage!

Well, I most certainly did want to know it.  Very pleasing!

ITYM Very PEAsing.