Common causes, cures for a persistent cough. Cough for a minute or two, and you may think something has gone down the wrong pipe.. Cough for a day or two, and you may think you've picked up a cold or the flu. After a week, bronchitis or allergies may come to mind.
Some ninety years ago Vladimir Lenin coined the phrase âuseful idiotâ and it originally described liberal Communist sympathizers in Western nations who, as the Soviet leader explained, would âsell us (Soviet Russia) the rope with which we will hang them (the West).â.
Since the culture evolves so will the slangterms/colloquialisms revelant to that era. Friends of the chancellor revealed that he had described Labour MPs as disappointing numpties, a colloquialism meaning idiots.. (Neil Rafferty, Queen Opens a Pricey Piece of Scots History.. The Sunday Times, Oct. 10, 2004)