2006-12-09 23:05:49 · 6 answers · asked by Diana T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Maybe the Brits call their buckets oceans? ..They have a lot of weird sayings for common things,such as lasses for women,lads for young men.
I googled British slang words..and i added it to the source underneath.
Bottoms up ! Cheers!
A lot of sayings are commonplace here in USA,mostly after WWII when we brought over many British sayings..such as "death warmed up",or "death warmed over",etc.
Browse through the dictionary on the link and see how many words or phrases you have used before.
2006-12-09 23:57:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any quantity far too small; a smithereen. The metaphor first appeared in the English translation of the Bible by John Wyclif (1382) in Isaiah ix, 15: "Lo! Jentiles, as a drope of a boket, and as moment of a balaunce ben holden." In the King James version the passage reads: "Behold, tha nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance." Charles Dickens gave impetus to the further alteration or expansioin in "A Christmas Carol"(1844).. In the first conversation between Scrooge and the ghost of his deceased partner, Marley, the ghost says: "The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business" And nowadays, the "drop" may be of any liquid into any proportionately great body.
2006-12-10 08:22:48 · answer #2 · answered by ToadysFroggy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
British people have a bigger drops so they need a bigger bucket.
2006-12-10 07:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lack of vision?
2006-12-10 12:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we can afford buckets and they can't?
2006-12-10 14:24:51 · answer #5 · answered by Me2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IDK about that. But are you British. If you are I absolutly love your accent!
2006-12-10 15:48:58 · answer #6 · answered by ☆ Sarah ☆ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋