March 2011

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„Much of a muchness“

 

MEANING

All the students in class were more or less the same level.

TRANSLATION

sehr ähnlich sein – ziemlich dasselbe
(wörtlich: „viel einer grossen Anzahl/Menge“)

ORIGIN

This expression originates from 1728 and appeared in Shakespeare’s play The Provoked Husband.