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English In Use - 'Jaw Blimey'

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.

When The Sun reported on a story that a shark (a six foot Mako) had been caught in UK waters off Milford Haven in Wales for the first time in 42 years it used the headline 'Jaw Blimey'.

This is a play on the slang phrase Cor Blimey which is an exclamation of surprise, and of course the film title "Jaws".

 

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