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- Chinese walls
- Chinese walls are regulatory information barriers that aim to stop the flow of information that could be misused, especially in financial corporations.
- Chinese whispers
- (UK) When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers.
- Double Dutch
- (UK) If something is double Dutch, it is completely incomprehensible.
- Dutch auction
- If something is sold by setting a price, then reducing it until someone buys it, it is sold in a Dutch auction. It can also mean that something is changed until it is accepted by everyone.
- Dutch courage
- Dutch courage is the reckless bravery caused by drinking too much.
- Dutch treat
- If something like a meal is a Dutch treat, then each person pays their own share of the bill.
- Dutch uncle
- A Dutch uncle is a person who gives unwelcome advice.
- Dutch wife
- A Dutch wife is a long pillow or a hot water bottle.
- For England
- (UK) A person who talks for England, talks a lot- if you do something for England, you do it a lot or to the limit.
- Go Dutch
- If you go Dutch in a restaurant, you pay equal shares for the meal.
- Good Samaritan
- A good Samaritan is a persoon wh helps others in need.
- Greek to me
- If you don't understand something, it's all Greek to you.
- If you'll pardon my French
- (UK) This idiom is used as a way of apologising for swearing.
- Indian file
- If people walk in Indian file, they walk in a line one behind the other.
- Indian giver
- An Indian giver gives something, then tries to take it back.
- Indian summer
- If there is a period of warmer weather in late autumn, it is an Indian summer.
- Like Chinese arithmetic
- If something is complicated and hard to understand, it's like Chinese arithmetic.
- Mexican standoff
- When there is a deadlock in strategy and neither side can do anything that will ensure victory, it's a Mexican standoff.
- More holes than Swiss cheese
- If something has more holes than a Swiss cheese, it is incomplete,and lacks many parts.
- Perfidious Albion
- England is known to some as perfidious Albion, implying that it is not trustworthy in its dealings with foreigners.
- Scotch Mist
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The phrase 'Scotch mist' is used humorously to refer to something that is hard to find or doesn't exist - something imagined.
- Slow boat to China
- This idiom is used to describe something that is very slow and takes a long time.
- Slow boat to China
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This expression is used when something takes a very long time or is very slow.
- Spanish practices
- Unauthorized working methods that benefit those who follow them are Spanish practices.
- Stars and stripes
- The stars and stripes is the American flag.
- Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- When there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians, there are two many managers and not enough workers to work efficiently.
- Young Turk
- A Young Turk is a young person who is rebellious and difficult to control in a company, team or organisation.
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