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2024-07-03 21:26:56 | Vocab - politics
Boris Johson and Sella Braverman... The last gasp of Tory.

Johnson appears on campaign trail at last – to dance on Sunak’s grave
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/02/johnson-appears-on-campaign-trail-at-last-to-dance-on-sunaks-grave

Loads of words/phrases of kicking Tories when they are down!

dance on someone's grave
idiocy
show off
to lose your mind [quote]Six weeks is what it would take for the Tories to lose their minds completely.
Leave Them on the Beaches - Sunak < Fight Them on the Beaches - Churchill
pièce de résistance [Collins]The pièce de résistance of a collection or series of things is the most impressive thing in it.
jump the shark[Cambridge]to reach a point where something stops becoming more popular or starts to decrease in quality
cluster-fuck/clusterfuck[Collins](taboo, slang) a situation in which many things go wrong within a short period
threnody [Collins]an ode, song, or speech of lamentation, esp for the dead [quote]A threnody of national shame.
plausible
halfwitted/half-witted adj < halfwit/half-wit noun
whistle-stop tour
rock-solid
stronghold
futility < futile
in unison
inexplicably < inexplicable <<>> explain
deranged
blanch
natch
laughable
half-hearted
Peter out
stump
ineffectual <<>> effect
whimper[Collins] they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying.
not with a bang but a whimper [Collins] you mean that it is less effective or exciting than was expected or intended.


Not with a bang but a whimper, indeed.




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