English Idioms Whilst Walking Through London

English Idioms Whilst Walking Through London

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A hippodrome was a place of entertainment where horse races and the like were staged.

Greek
Hippos - horse
Dromos - racecourse

Hippos -
Potamus - river

Opened in 1900
One of Charlie Chaplin’s first performances

1958 turned in Talk of the Town nightclub
Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5 performed here.

Now it’s a casino

Above board
The common term ‘above board’ has a surprising origin, and it’s nothing to do with the legal context people often associate it with.

The saying, meaning legitimate or honest, actually came about in relation to
poker games, when cheating players would hide cards under the table (or
board).

Players had to keep their hands physically above the board to avoid any
accusations of cheating and to prove that they weren’t trying to stack the
deck.

Also, in for a penny, in for a pound.

Covent Garden
Appias and Virginia.

Son of a gun

Speaking of mud….

HMS Belfast or Golden Hinde

1577 -80 Sir Francis Drake Circumnavigation.

Privateering. Sponsored by Christopher Hatton whose family crest was red deer.
He was encouraged to damage Spanish interests and ended up capturing a Spanish galleon and the biggest haul of treasure to that date.

18th century women were sometimes allowed on voyages and if they gave birth behind the canvas curtain near the midship gun. If father was in question they would enter it into the log as son of a gun. Some say it was when they moved the guns aside to make room for their business.

All along the Bankside they had bear bating and dog fights. The dog on top was regarded as top dog and the one losing was the underdog.

Also, the over dog and the underdog.

The Globe Theatre

Box Office

First thatched roof in London since the great fire
Sam Wanamaker found visited in 1970 and found no evidence of theatre
Green Oak
All pegs, no screws
Original globe built in 1599 by troupe of actors with Shakespeare as share holder.
They couldn’t get licence for shore ditch theatre and broke it down and smuggled timbers across river where laws weren’t so strict.
Henry V was premiered here in Julius Caesar
Burned down after canon in Henry Viii rebuilt and then taken down by puritans
Capacity of 3000
Transported from Burbage’s SHoreditch in 1598
Burnt in 1613
1640s pulled down by puritans

Money would be collected in the pit by a man with a bag on a stick.
The wealthier patron who bought boxes would have their tickets held near the entrance in a separate booth.
I heard that it was an office where they counted the amount of money.

The Hat and Tun

Mind your P’s and Qs.

In England we serve beer in pints.
1 Quart = 2 pints
Yard of ale is about 2 and a half pints

Parliament

Toe the line
Doesn’t mean tow as in, towing a car.
Toe means putting your toe to a line.
One such example is in the house of commons where there is a red line on either side of the house two swords length apart.
Debates could get pretty heated so members were instructed to keep their toes behind the line.

This led to people talking about towing the party line.

Although older pictures of the house don’t have these lines they probably had an imaginary one. The building was rebuilt in 1950 after bomb damage.

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