Tongue-in-cheek phrase appears in 1828 in "The Fair Maid of Perth" by Sir Walter Scott: It's not clear how Scott intended readers to understand the phrase. The more modern ironic sense appears in the 1842 poem "The Ingoldsby Legends" by the English clergyman Richard Barham, in which a Frenchman inspects a watch and cries: The ironic usage originates with the idea of suppressed mirth—biting one's tongue to prevent an outburst of laughter. Tongue-in-cheek The idiom tongue-in-cheek refers to a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a mock serious manner. The phrase originally expressed contempt, but by 1842 had acquired its modern
Women in Estonia as Rõugutaja. First woman cleric Laine Villenthal was ordinated in 1967 by Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Women in Estonia Women in Estonia are women who were born in, who live in, or are from Estonia in Europe. Estonian women first gained the right to vote from Russia's Provisional Government in 12th of April 1917 together with Estonia being granted a national autonomy as a unified entity. Between 1970 and 1990, the total fertility rate (TFR - the average number of children a woman bears) of Estonian women was little over 2 children born per woman. A fast decrease of the