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Medieval
Where does the word ‘honeymoon’ come from?
Stuarts
Why do we say “send someone to Coventry”?
19th Century
Who was Gordon Bennett?
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19th Century
Why do we say ‘lock, stock and barrel’?
World War II
When were the terms ‘World War I’ and ‘World War II’ coined?
Georgians
Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’?
Medieval
Why we say: ‘Peeping Tom’
19th Century
Why we say: ‘horse of a different colour’
19th Century
Why we say: ‘put a sock in it’
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World War II
Why we say: ‘it’s all gone pear-shaped’
Medieval
Who was the Grand Old Duke of York?
Early Modern
Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’
18th Century
Why we say: ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’
Ancient Egypt
Why we say: ‘crocodile tears’
Medieval
Why we say: ‘throw down the gauntlet’
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