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To celebrate the launch of Business Insider's UK website, we compiled 12 British phrases that will leave Americans utterly flummoxed. You might just see these on our new site. 1. "They lost the plot." ...
But some of our readers wanted to know where these sayings came from ... "The earliest reference in the Oxford English Dictionary is from a novella of 1652, in which we hear of raining 'dogs ...
Example: At the sight of the singer, the audience sprang to their feet, waved their hands and cheered at the top of their lungs. Example: As soon as the teacher entered the classroom, students ...