Weaver67
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While reading Jeremy Paxman's "The English: A Portrait of a People", I came across the phrase that is given in the title to the thread. As it follows from the context, the author used it with reference to "a strong streak of natural gloominess they (the English) have".
My guess is that the origin of this saying has something to do with the colour of the drink, whose dark shade of deep brown figuratively suggests "gloom" as a state of mind. In addition, its being below par makes the "gloom" even darker.
To be honest, I've never seen double Scotch below par, not to mention tasting it, so I am not sure that my guess is right. If it is not, where does this saying come from?
My guess is that the origin of this saying has something to do with the colour of the drink, whose dark shade of deep brown figuratively suggests "gloom" as a state of mind. In addition, its being below par makes the "gloom" even darker.
To be honest, I've never seen double Scotch below par, not to mention tasting it, so I am not sure that my guess is right. If it is not, where does this saying come from?
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