Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics
Modern Idioms and Where They Come From
Erschienen am 25. Februar 2022
176 Seiten
978-1-78904-857-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Gareth Carrol presents a collection of "modern idioms", which have become a part of our vocabulary in the past 50 years or so. In most cases, idioms such as "raining cats and dogs", that colour our everyday communication, are deeply rooted in culture and history. However, just like words, new idioms emerge in language, and many have entered our vocabulary through, TV, movies and the internet. These modern idioms can be dated very precisely. Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics finds the origins of these idioms, and charts their development.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Collective Ink
Dateigröße
1,05 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78904-857-5 (9781789048575)
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Gareth Carrol is a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Birmingham. His work looks at how people use and understand figurative language, including idioms, metaphor and other non-literal forms of expression. He has written articles on these topics for a range of publications. He lives in Birmingham with his wife and cat.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Why Can't People Just Say What They Mean?
- 2. Don't Touch that Dial: Idioms from the World of TV
- - Can I phone a friend?
- - Computer says no
- - Does what it says on the tin
- - Gardening leave
- - Have you tried turning it off and on again?
- - Jump the shark
- - Nudge nudge, wink wink
- - The 64,000 dollar question
- - Something from the Twilight Zone
- - Starter for ten
- - Ten four
- - Trigger's broom
- 3. Silver Tongues and Silver Screens: Idioms from the Movies
- - All singing, all dancing
- - Bucket list
- - Bunny boiler
- - Difficult difficult, lemon difficult
- - Groundhog Day
- - Know where the bodies are buried
- - Nuke the fridge
- - Sleep with the fishes
- - Sliding doors moment
- - Take the red pill
- - Up to 11 / turned up to 11
- - The usual suspects
- - You're gonna need a bigger boat
- 4. Breaking the Internet: Idioms from the Online World
- - Break the Internet
- - Collateral knowledge / collateral information
- - First world problems
- - Godwin's Law
- - Keyboard warrior
- - Milkshake duck
- - Netflix and chill
- - OK, boomer
- 5. Jumpers for Goalposts: Idioms from the World of Sport
- - Corridor of uncertainty
- - Deep bench / bench strength
- - Flat track bully
- - Go big or go home
- - The hairdryer treatment
- - Move the goalposts
- - Park the bus
- - Squeaky bum time
- - Take one for the team
- 6. Doing it by the Book: Idioms from Modern Literature
- - All quiet on the Western Front
- - Brave new world
- - Catch-22 / a Catch-22 situation
- - Life, the Universe and Everything
- - No shit, Sherlock
- - Screw the pooch
- - Sophie's choice
- - Walter Mitty / a Walter Mitty personality
- 7. The Best of the Rest
- - Dead cat strategy
- - Drink the Kool-Aid
- - Drop the mic / mic drop
- - Friends with benefits
- - Go postal
- - Jump the couch
- - Mental safari
- - Not rocket science
- - Phone it in
- - Throw someone under the bus
- - Wardrobe malfunction
- - Water cooler moment
- - X is my middle name
- Notes
