A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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