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Mrs Mopp
Mrs Mopp – миссис Мопп, уборщица помещений A charlady or charwoman (someone hired to do household cleaning). In the British radio comedy series “It’s That Man Again”, Dorothy Summers played the part of the cockney cleaning woman character Mrs Mopp. The office char’s catch phrase was “Can I do you now, Sir?” (i.e., “May I clean your office now, Sir?” but with an obvious double entendre): In the evenings Olga worked as a Mrs Mopp. Murphy’s Law – закон Мёрфи, шуточный философский принцип, иностранный аналог русского «закона подлости», «закона бутерброда» и «генеральского эффекта» Murphy’s law is a humorous rule that says: Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. There are other rules like this that are often called Murphy’s Laws, such as: Nothing is as easy as it looks, and Everything takes longer than you think it will. Although many people have ideas about who Murphy might be, no one is sure: Why is the traffic always worst when you’re already late? – Murphy’s law. Used in order to say that the worst possible thing always seems to happen when it is most annoying.
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Nancy boy (derog sl) – педераст, гомосексуалист Sissy, gay. A homosexual male or an effeminate man; what gay men were called back in the days when gay meant happy; also written nancy-boy, nancy: That feller was always a little funny, if you know what I mean. A real nancy boy. Nervous Nellie/Nelly – нервная Нелли; мнительный, нервный, робкий, неуверенный в себе человек Excessively nervous, worried, timid, or apprehensive person is a Nervous Nellie; a constantly worried person, male or female: Sue is such a nervous Nellie. She should calm down.
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