| 单词 | wogs begin at calais |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswogs begin (also start) at Calais wogs begin (also start) at Calais: used to express an attitude of insularity and hostility to foreigners attributed to the British (esp. the English). ΚΠ 1949 G. Wigg in Hansard Commons 29 July 2846 The right hon. Member for Woodford (Mr. Churchill) thinks that the ‘wogs’ start at Calais. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Apr. p. vi/3 We have travelled some distance from the days when Wogs began at Calais. 1992 Times 8 Sept. (Life & Times section) 5/3 It is not only retired colonels and the Sun who believe wogs begin at Calais, after all. 2008 New Statesman 5 May 21/2 ‘Wogs begin at Calais’ has returned with a vengeance. < as lemmas |
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