With the entrance of new television show Bridgerton to the silver screens, my mind has been a bit...distracted. By ofcourse one thing only; the language used within. High fashion of an era, women with nothing more to do than change linens and gossip daily, debutantes the perfect image of innocence (for a couple of vultures at each others' throats) and their mothers or I should say "Mamas" a pack of hellhounds shepherding them to their matrimonial homes.
Too much? I'd say. It's a period drama based on books of the same name by author Julia Quinn and honestly the first I'd ever heard of them. Think Gossip Girl but 1800's and you have a fairly good idea. But it's romance filled so I wasn't really paying much attention.
Though I did pay mind to the terms used. Idiomatic expressions and the sort. Many figures of speech the likes of which have not been used in awhile. We're in the days where the urban dictionary is of more value than the normal one. Everyone wants to keep up with the trends and slang is the first line to that.
I, on the other hand am an old soul. And as so, I will take you through the least used phrases of the 21st century, hopefully bring a few back to the tips of your tongues, permanently etched in your vocabulary. Or, you know, to impress a fellow at a formal dinner party.
Bite the bullet
To bite the bullet simply means to charge up a hill, to discipline yourself to do that which you are afraid of or you find unpleasant. Though I garner many would think it a superhero feat where Clark Kent eventually swallows it.
Blow your socks off
Not to confuse anyone here but it denotes surprise, to impress someone and NOT a molotov cocktail in a person's undergarments.
Stop ironing my head!
Now there's a shocker; and about the only reason it comes with an exclamation point. To iron one's head is to annoy them. Something I believe we don't wish to do to one another. Yes, I realize humans are as a matter of fact, mundane.
I won't walk around in hot porridge
Okay, okay. Not a goldilocks thing. Just a desire to not withhold information for longer than necessary.
Have the cockroach
Not as disgusting as I assumed actually. Remember when you feel somehow and you tell someone you have the blues? Yes, well. It is similar though you replace the word "blues" with "cockroach". I'd think I'd rather stick with the colour thank you very much!
I hope the few I found can help you improve your vocabulary. Let me know if you'd like the second half of this article by indicating in the comments below.