Phrase: The great unwashed

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Monday, May 9, 2022. The great unwashed: The great unwashed was coined in 1830 in England by Edward Bulwer-Lytton to refer to the masses, the regular people of society. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TheGreatUnwashed Try an English Vocabulary Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz Below are three terms from today’s episode that may have been new to you. Bigwig: Bigwig is used to refer to someone with a lot of power or authority. It comes from the 1730s when men in authority wore white horse-hair wigs. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Bigwig Hand-to-mouth: Hand-to-mouth means having barely enough money to live on. People living hand to mouth have just enough money for food and shelter. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HandToMouth The haves and the have-nots: In the haves and the have-nots, the haves possess money, influence and power. The have-nots possess neither wealth, influence or power. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HavesAndHaveNots