English

What a way to run a railway

| Masuma

π–œπ–π–†π–™ 𝖆 π–œπ–†π–ž 𝖙𝖔 π–—π–šπ–“ 𝖆 π–—π–†π–Žπ–‘π–œπ–†π–ž – This phrase became widely popular as the result of a cartoon which appeared in the American magazine Ballyhoo in 1932,
portraying a signalman looking out of his signal-box at two trains careering along the same line towards each other.
As he watches them about to collide head on he says, “Tch-Tch – what a way to run a railway!”

When my ship comes home

| Masuma

π‘Šβ„Žπ‘’π‘› π‘šπ‘¦ π‘ β„Žπ‘–π‘ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘  β„Žπ‘œπ‘šπ‘’ – refers to the days when the merchant traders waited for their ships to return laden with goods, which they hoped to sell at considerable profit, and thus make them rich. The phrase, when used today, no longer refers literally to ships, but to any circumstance that will suddenly provide one with a fortune. When this happens it will be a time to rejoice, or pay debts, or both. But, more often than not, the phrase is used when there is little chance of this happening.

To go Indian file

| Masuma

The phrase arose from the tactics of the American Indians in which each warrior stepped in the footprints of the one ahead, and the last one obliterated the line of footprints, so that no one should know that a large number of warriors had passed that way.

– I just feel they were so sharpened by love. It’s so beautiful to go Indian file.πŸ‘£β€οΈ

To go Indian file