10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «WALTZ MATILDA»
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Start to walk tall! walk Matilda: see waltz Matilda at MATILDA. Walkabout go
walkabout wander around from place to place in a protracted or leisurely way. 0
In Australian English, a Walkabout is a journey into the bush undertaken by an ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
wallaby. on the wallaby (orwallaby track) (of a person) unemployed and having
no fixed address. Australian informal. waltz. waltz Matilda:see MATILDA. war a
war of nerves a struggle in which opponents wallaby waltz.
Quite simply, “matilda” was another name for a swag, and to “waltz matilda” was
to wander the roads with a swag on your back. (Source: http://www.anu.edu.au/
people/Roger.Clarke) Billy tea is quite a strong image in this well-loved
Australian ...
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Literature and the Nation
As the Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (ed W.H. Wilde, 1994) notes, "
the phrase 'to waltz Matilda,' meaning to carry a swag [bedroll] on one's travels
probably derives from two German words: walzen, which is applied to
apprentices ...
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Food in Motion: The Migration of Foodstuffs and Cookery ...
To waltz Matilda meant to carry your swag, which was your blankets wrapped
around the equipment as already described. This was also occasionally known
as 'humping your bluey', a graceful reference to the dirty, grey blankets. Jumbuck
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Just then the band struck up another tune, The Blue Danube. 'Fancy a waltz,
Matilda?' And he whisked her off onto the dance floor. *** Next morning as Jim
came down to breakfast he saw Fiona standing by the study door, looking
concerned.
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waltz with
Matilda: on the trail of a song
Waltz Matilda, waltz Matilda, Charming ghost, perfumed cloud of my flowering
days, While waltzing you were so pretty When you danced, Matilda, for me. Like
the light wind which passes and never returns Smiling you left me. This evening I
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Oscar Adolf Mendelsohn,
1966
“Matilda, hey?” he said. “Like 'Waltzing Matilda'?” I giggled. I've heard it a zillion
times since then, but that was the first time. Now, whenever someone says that to
me, it still makes me think of Vernon. “Do you like to waltz, Matilda?” he asked.
Chorus: Oh, come and waltz matilda with me, A-waltzing matilda, a-waltzing
matilda, a waltzing matilda do. Together we will plunder, Together we will die!
Wild Colonial Boys The Wild Wild Boys only ever robbed the rich. They rode all
over ...
Janey Levy. “. -- 'fi'fi :—_ "Waltzing Matilda” is Australia's most famous song. But it
doesn't mean what you might think. A "matilda” is a blanket roll, and ”to waltz
matilda” means ”to tramp the roads,” or to travel around the country. It's a fitting ...