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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Idiom: To be in the club = pragnant
Hi
Today, I found this idiom in a short story.
Is the idiom "to be in the club" fairly common among native speakers?
She resigned from her job and left the town because she was in the club and didn't want anyone to know about it.
Thanks,
Tom
Today, I found this idiom in a short story.
Is the idiom "to be in the club" fairly common among native speakers?
She resigned from her job and left the town because she was in the club and didn't want anyone to know about it.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
I've never heard it.
- I've never heard it.
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Yes, Alphecca, I checked a few dictionaries and realized that it's an old-fashioned British idiom. Sorry.
Tom
Tom
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I agree with Tom.
An earlier form was 'in the pudding club', which always made me think of a woman with a big pudding under her sweater, ie with a big belly.
Clive
An earlier form was 'in the pudding club', which always made me think of a woman with a big pudding under her sweater, ie with a big belly.
Clive
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Mr. TomYes, Alphecca, I checked a few dictionaries and realized that it's an old-fashioned British idiom. Sorry.TomThe old-fashioned American idiom is: She was in the family way.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+family+way
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