The words, which are about to disappear from English (according to the BBCR4) are: guts, squeeze, stick and bad.
I wonder if there is something to do with the expressions such as:
…the carrot before the stick ...
…the crunch will squeeze the pensions dry, but not the bankers’ one...
… stick to your promises …
… “ And so Cardigan took up position on his horse (Ronald) at the front of the Light Brigade, muttered, ‘Here goes the last of the Brudenells’ and led the charge. A bounder Cardigan might have been, but he did at least have guts”... Jeremy Paxman “The Victorians” BBC1
Do you know if these expressions are too likely to become extinct soon ?
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I wonder if there is something to do with the expressions such as:
…the carrot before the stick ...
…the crunch will squeeze the pensions dry, but not the bankers’ one...
… stick to your promises …
… “ And so Cardigan took up position on his horse (Ronald) at the front of the Light Brigade, muttered, ‘Here goes the last of the Brudenells’ and led the charge. A bounder Cardigan might have been, but he did at least have guts”... Jeremy Paxman “The Victorians” BBC1
Do you know if these expressions are too likely to become extinct soon ?
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