Thank you to everyone who wrote in with descriptions on how they treat themselves when they have the time and resources! It's definitely a great idea to do it once in while... although, too much is a bit indulgent.. but once every now and then is a great way to give yourself something that is out of the mundane routine!

Anyway, this week... I'm thinking about idioms (again...). My very much Dutch kids are having fun teasing me about all the little Dutch sayings that I just don't understand and completely baffled by... Interestingly enough, they find it much less fun when I tease them about the Australian things that they have no experience with...

My Question

1. What is a favourite idiom of yours from your country (or some other country)? Why do you like it and what does it mean?

My sample answer

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One of my favourite Australian idioms is... to "spit the dummy".... or having a "dummy spit"!

Well, it needs to be explained that in Australia, we call what Americans call pacifiers... dummies. We also sometimes call Americans dummies... but that is a completely different thing!

Anyway, having a Dummy Spit is when some is completely losing it with uncontrollable anger... you know the sort of tantrums that kids have when they are toddlers... the full body, everything is just #$%@$%$# with the world and you are the cause... and screaming and crying and all of that... this usually results in the dummy being spat out of the mouth!

With adults, it can be pretty much the same... except they don't crash to the fall and scream... mostly!

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