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Rings a bell
The French will call you a poor bell, the Italians will warn you to stay in earshot of a bell and the Spanish will advise you not to swing it too high. Idiom of the week
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Baby language
Scientists and parents were shaken by a recent discovery: newborns cry in tune with the melody line that they have most often heard while still in their mothers’ placenta. To that, we say ga ga - baby phrases of the week
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Catchy songs
Creepy-crawly expressions for the irritating musical attacks of the ear-worm in Europe. Expression of the week
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Describing a graduate all-rounder in Europe
The Germans have coined young, entry-level employees in Europe 'the egg-laying woolly milking sows' - rundown of other timely nicknames for other young European graduates in these times of crisis
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Don’t let the bedbugs bite
'Goodnight, sleep tight ...' be it cockroaches or communists under the bed - you never know what might be lurking around at bedtime in Poland or the UK. Weekly European idioms
Europe's merry month of March
Spring, which officially begins on 21 March, has a habit of keeping us waiting. Here, European expressions take us through March, April, May and June in the hunt for some sun. Idioms of the week
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Chucking up, European-style
Did you have one too many? Was it something you ate? When Europe's head is over the toilet bowl, what kind of language comes out? Listen to the editorial team 'vomit'
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Bikini body
You can be as hungry as a wolf, pig or blind dog in Europe
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