IDIOMS AROUND THE WORLD
If someone gets upset in France, this condiment "got up his nose"--Dijon, I expect
What is mustard?
LOL! that's the code for the field in Lovelock, up I-80 from Reno in this state
What is Nevada?
Over 300,000 rock fans attend the original Woodstock festival
What are the 60s'?
Aka custodians, they may use the supplies of the Cintas Corp., which sponsors and award for the one of the year
What are janitors?
Oh, Lord, this unit of temperature is abbreviated K
What is Kelvin?
The Cheyenne ask, "are you still riding the goat?" to see if you are still on the outs with this person
Who is your wife?
When Bill the Cat says, "ACK!", he may mean the airport on this Massachusetts island
What is Nantucket?
Haile Selassie is overthrown & Patty Hearst is kidnapped
What are the 70s?
A gemologist always works to scale, measuring precious stones in these, each one equal to 2/10g
What is a karat?
Also used to measure off the distance between duelists, as a unit of measure it equals 30 inches
What is a pace?
In the U.S. someone frantic has his hair in this state; in China the same thing happens to the eyebrows
What is "on fire"?
Don't get confused by this airport's ORD abbreviation--it stands for the previous one, Orchard Field
What is O'Hare?
As Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins becomes the first woman cabinet member
What are the 30s?
A specialized job in a police force, CSI stands for this, just like on TV
What is crime scene investigator?
Plane angles are measured in degrees or this unit whose symbol is rad
What are radians?
When someone dies in Denmark, he is said to have taken off these wooden shoes
What are clogs?
Oh my God! The OMG belongs to Omega Airport in the Kavango region of this African nation
What is Namibia?
For bathing beauties, bikinis are introduced
What are the 40s?
In 1968 a U.S. craft with this name, also George Washington's pre-military occupation, landed on the moon
What is "Surveyor"?
Pharmacists know that a grain equals about 65 of these, a more typical unit for pill doses
What are milligrams?
In Russia if you're kidding me, you're hanging noodles from my ears; we use this idiom related to a lower paired body part
What is "your're pulling my leg"?
RMG, REO & FCO all serve cities or towns with this name, in Georgia, Oregon & Italy
What is Rome?
The Salk polio vaccine is released in the United States
What are the 50s?
2-word term for one who studies the plant & animal life of the oceans
What is a marine biologist?
Ahoy! it's equal to 6,076.11549 feet
What is a nautical mile?