Feb 20, 2021 21:59
3 yrs ago
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English term
fog off
English
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Government / Politics
brexit
A moderator talked about Brexit (maybe joking) 'Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, ligquid Brexit, just fog off'
I can't find the meaning of 'fog off' in any dictionary and cannot link it to the context. Would you please explain or paraphase this idiom for me?
Thank you very much in advance
I can't find the meaning of 'fog off' in any dictionary and cannot link it to the context. Would you please explain or paraphase this idiom for me?
Thank you very much in advance
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4 +7 | [See my attempt at an explanation] | philgoddard |
5 | Fuck off | Kaizer Tsoako (X) |
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[See my attempt at an explanation]
I think this is a rather feeble joke in which a German presenter is speaking English. "Fog off" is a variant of "fuck off", meaning get lost. This could be a mispronunciation of "fuck", or a euphemism to avoid using a swearword, or a pun on the UK's undeserved reputation for being foggy.
So I can't tell you exactly what was going through his mind; I'm just giving a general idea.
And now here's the context:
Giving Britons this year’s “golden dumbass” prize, Oliver Welke, the German equivalent of Dara Ó Briain, describes how Theresa May “can’t get out of the EU and can’t even get out of her bloody car”, over pictures of Angela Merkel waiting embarrassedly outside her Berlin residency as the door of our prime minister’s limo fails to open. “Just go!” the host yells. “Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, liquid Brexit, just fog off!”
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/25/brexit-...
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-02-21 08:38:18 GMT)
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Apropos of nothing, Britain's island mentality is perhaps best summed up by a famous newspaper headline that probably never existed: Fog in Channel, Europe Cut Off.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-02-21 08:42:43 GMT)
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And Dara Ó Briain is an Irish comedian who hosts a weekly news quiz on BBC television.
So I can't tell you exactly what was going through his mind; I'm just giving a general idea.
And now here's the context:
Giving Britons this year’s “golden dumbass” prize, Oliver Welke, the German equivalent of Dara Ó Briain, describes how Theresa May “can’t get out of the EU and can’t even get out of her bloody car”, over pictures of Angela Merkel waiting embarrassedly outside her Berlin residency as the door of our prime minister’s limo fails to open. “Just go!” the host yells. “Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, liquid Brexit, just fog off!”
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/25/brexit-...
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-02-21 08:38:18 GMT)
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Apropos of nothing, Britain's island mentality is perhaps best summed up by a famous newspaper headline that probably never existed: Fog in Channel, Europe Cut Off.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-02-21 08:42:43 GMT)
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And Dara Ó Briain is an Irish comedian who hosts a weekly news quiz on BBC television.
Peer comment(s):
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Shilpa Baliga
37 mins
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agree |
AllegroTrans
: also "bog off" comes to mind
3 hrs
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It does.
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agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
4 hrs
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agree |
P.L.F. Persio
5 hrs
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agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
10 hrs
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agree |
Alison MacG
: Urging Britain to hurry up and leave as a screen behind him changed to show a fog-covered Big Ben with the words “fog off” https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1061341/germany-brexit-new...
22 hrs
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All is explained! Thanks.
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agree |
Álvaro Micheletti
1 day 12 hrs
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Comment: "Thankss so much! Sorry for late response as I got no notification. Your help is deeply appreciated"
134 days
Fuck off
To tell someone to .
In a fulgar way when a particular person is offended
In a fulgar way when a particular person is offended
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