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Article: Cheesed off? Paint the town red before doing the Full Monty; LOW-DOWN ON CLASSIC CLICHES.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 9, 1998
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THE Dutch courage didn't work, you're talking mumbo jumbo and even a hair of the dog that bit you has left you cheesed off ...
Have you ever wondered where we get the huge collection of rich and often mysterious phrases that make the English language what it is?
The newly-published Collins Dictionary of Curious Phrases gives the Full Monty - and here The Mirror spills the beans on some classic cliches.
The Full Monty
THOUGHT by some to refer to Field Marshall Montgomery, known as Monty, wearing all his medals.
Alternatively, it ...