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Message board > Phrase of the day for 12/09/2011 (Round two}
Phrase of the day for 12/09/2011 (Round two}
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Redbull
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Phrase of the day for 12/09/2011 (Round two}
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England has many unusual sayings. How would you explain this one?
Here is the link to the other comments....... http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=30341
"It �s the dog �s bollocks".
Deleted the picture, as some of you find my unorthodox
Ways not to your taste.
The reason I chose this phrase is because the meaning is sooooo different from what it actually says on text!.
Now, please don �t cheat and look the phrase up before you enter your definitions.
Good luck people and wish you all the best.
Redbull gives you wings you know .
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13 Sep 2011
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Sainte-Marie
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This is a sandwich with poor reputation -- baloney or boloney what means Nonsence |
13 Sep 2011
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douglas
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For years I thought bollocks were some kind of an English meal, more specifically I thought them to be either sausage or soem kind of a cabbage dish. This picture still comes to mind whenever I hear the word "bollocks"--my brain has to correct itelf every time.
So when I hear "the dog �s bollocks" I picture a dog standing at its feeding bowl and happily eating away at a bowl full of cabbage and sausages.
(PS- thanks for pulling the picture. My desk at work is in a pretty public arae and when I have something like that on the screen it gets a bit of negative attention) |
13 Sep 2011
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almaz
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@Douglas:
For all anyone knows, �bollocks � might really be the name of something eaten in some odd corner of England. Remember, this is the nation which - apart from its �magnificent bastard tongue � * - gave us such gastronomic delicacies as �spotted dick �, �toad in the hole � and �faggots �. And who could possibly pass on an offer of �bubble and squeak �?
* �John McWhorter |
13 Sep 2011
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valentinaper
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Since dogs have a special way of treating their private parts (by the way, I �ll never understand how nature works!), in my mind this phrase is instantly related to a lollipop candy meant for animals! |
13 Sep 2011
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