EeeByGum Peerless English Club (Английский Клуб)

‘Ey up, curious readers! Today, it’s time to show you a masterclass in "SAVING FACE" from Fox. A quick side note: To save face is to avoid humiliation or preserve your dignity when caught in an awkward or embarrassing situation. What I mean by that is: when a cheeky double entendre (= a naughty double meaning) backfires into unalloyed innocence, a genuine gentleman has only one option—accept the results with utmost grace and pretend it’s exactly what he wanted. Cheers, Fox! How I love the cut of your jib! I love you to bits. Now my dears, watch closely as Fox performs this delicate diplomatic…

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/sniff-test

k let's say to 1985 and asked locals if a rumour "passed the sniff test," they would likely look at me blankly or thought I was talking about a pint of milk . Later in the 2000s the phrase entered into general use. See, this is how American & British lexicon are intercrossing. I don’t think I need to break down the nuances of the meaning of the idiom – everything is clearly seen from the scene in the picture. The only additional point is Lucy’s idiomatic phrase to Fox: IF YOU’RE AT A LOOSE END…’, which means idling, lazing or having nothing to do. I have to pause now. It’s too long a message.…

‘Ey up, folk, I've prepared another linguistic dessert for you to give it the sniff test. Today I’ll be focusing on the phrase THE SNIFF TEST and the idiom deriving from it – TO PASS THE SNIFF TEST. I’ve a hunch it doesn’t have a proper synonym in Russian, at least not in terms of its figurative hue, though a Russian analogous phrase might be taken into consideration – «ПРОВЕРКА НА ВШИВОСТЬ». Let me walk you through my findings on its origin, etymology and figurative meaning. Indeed, it’s obvious that the phrase comes from a very literal, physical action – checking whether food has gone off…

Here are the references to the previous post: https://alondonmiscellany.blog/2023/02/20/feeling-lik.. https://www.regencyhistory.net/blog/georgian-watchmen.. https://www.deepnessdementiamedia.com/updates/1st-whe.. https://london-ghosts.com/2015/05/04/charlies-an-earl.. https://www.regencyhistory.net/blog/georgian-watchmen.. https://www.middletemple.org.uk/library/library-exhib.. https://historicalhearts.blogspot.com/2011/10/night-w.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England

d been the duty of every householder, and it was going to remain so. However, despite his good intentions, the results of watching the streets at night left much to be desired. And here we come to some interesting facts. First, affluent householders, having got a real pay-off, delegated their duty to poorer residents, naturally keeping a bigger percentage of the salary for themselves. But those who were assigned the tasks were mostly old people — either weak or sick, or drunkards and marginalised individuals who couldn’t do their work properly. So they were called "Charlies", either after the…

‘Ey up, dear friends, Today I’m going to touch on two proper British phrases and a third one of American origin. First things first, I must apologise for any bitterness that may slip from the dialogue between Fox and Lucy the fox towards the restaurant prices. (These are the characters I’m creating from post to post using an AI-based image generator.) This is just my idea of how to make a picture help you remember phrases better. If you ask me, the restaurant is very good. I visited it quite a few times when staying in Rotherham years ago. So, let’s "return to our sheep". Now we have three p…