On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:20:01 -0000, "Mike Lyle"
<mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Jumbo wrote:
>> I need to know how you say this in English:
>>
>> "The back side of Great Britain" (meaning that there is a good -
>> positive - side, and a less flattering side)
>
>Trickier than it may seem. As I guess you know, "backside" means
>"arse". Consider "underside", "seamy side", "dark side",
>"underbelly", "hidden side", "Britain behind the scenes", "private
>life", "wild side". The founder of the Salvation Army neatly followed
>up Livingstone's "Darkest Africa" with "Darkest England".
Thanks for your answer.
In Danish we use an old word "vrang", which actually means the reverse
side of for instance a jacket 0r a coat ("vrang", I assume, being the
same word as wrong).
So we says "vrang of GB", "vrang of GB" etc. - meaning that there is
also another truth then the most welknown.
So, if I need it very short, wouldn't "dark side of GB" be the best?
Best regards
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