| Word | all Lombard Street to a China orange |
|---|---|
| Description | great wealth against one ordinary object virtual certainty – dated Lombard Street in London was originally occupied by bankers from Lombardy and it still contains a number of London's principal banks. This idiom dates from the early 19th century, but the use of a China orange to mean a worthless thing is recorded earlier. great wealth against one ordinary object virtual certainty – dated Lombard Street in London was originally occupied by bankers from Lombardy and it still contains a number of London's principal banks. This idiom dates from the early 19th century, but the use of a Chin |
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