TagEnglish idiom

Whistle Britches

Writers and where they do their best creative work. A new book on Geoffrey Chaucer describes the dark, cramped, smelly room where he wrote his early work. Which raises the question: What kind of space do you need to produce your best writing? Also...

Out of Station

“Out of station” is an English idiom used in India to mean “going on vacation.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Out of Station” Do you know the phrase out of station? No, it sounds kind of jargony. Is this from a trader profession...

papertalk

papertalk
 n.— «When I first learnt about Maradona coming to India, I dismissed it as some speculation or what the English call ‘papertalk’.» —“India Welcomes Diego Maradona” by Rahul Bali Goal.com Dec. 6, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)