OooOooOoo! *rattles chains* OooOOoo! If you speak phantom, you’ll know that meant ‘welcome to our Halloween-themed blogpost’. If not, don’t worry; we’re sticking with English from hereon, as we take a look at some spooky(ish) phrases.
As we all know, Halloween is the time of year when the spirits of the dead rise from their graves and go house-to-house haranguing people for candy. Or something like that anyway.
The point is that ghosts are an integral part of Halloween. But they also pop up in a few common English phrases, such as:
Slightly more solid than ghosts, but equally spooky, are skeletons! You might have seen one in a laboratory, which is where they hang out in their spare time (fact: skeletons love science).
As well as being common props in horror films (what kind of dungeon would be complete without one?), skeletons and skulls also feature in a few interesting terms and phrases:
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Finally, what would Halloween be without a bubbling cauldron or two?
Well, one way to find out would be to start a literal ‘witch hunt’. Figuratively, however, a ‘witch hunt’ is an investigation carried out by an authority to silence dissenting views.
Another phrase in which witches feature is ‘cold as a witch’s caress’ (or, if you prefer, ‘cold as a witch’s tit’). This means ‘very cold’ or ‘chilling’, which doesn’t suggest that witches are especially cuddly.
Huh. Between authoritarian purges and frostiness, witches get a pretty terrible deal from the English language. Oh well. Happy Halloween!
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