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To dip or submerge a biscuit or doughnut in a hot beverage to soften it is an Americanism that dates from the 1860s, from the Pennsylvanian German dun...
Rhyming slang for kids, dustbin lids/kids, dates from the 1930s. See also God forbids.
The false courage obtained from alcohol, one of the many derogatory Dutch phrases in the English language that grew out of the Anglo-Dutch rivalry for...
see Go Dutch, Dutch courage
see My old Dutch
This expression describes an attitude or person that is staunch and unbending and dates from the 17th century when it originally referred to wool that...
Healthy, living ducks look miserable in the rain never mind dying ducks in a thunderstorm. To look like a dying duck in a thunderstorm is to look mise...