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What is a hotchpotch (mezcolanza, batiburrillo)? A hotchpotch is a confusing or uncoordinated (descoordinado) mixture of things or mortals (mortales). Another phrase that means the

‘Bending over backwards’ or to ’bend over backwards’ is an idiom that is over 1000 years old. It is likely to have originated from the

One of the most famous English novels was published in 1834. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol tells the story of a rich man called Ebenezer

To “add fuel to the fire” is an English expression conveying the act of worsening a situation, usually by making conflict or disagreement more intense.

This idiom dates back to the First World War 1914-18. The war reached a ‘stalemate’ very early on, with both sides realising they could not