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The highest type, which is found at 10, 000 meters, is called cloud nine. The association with happiness is through a play on words because high can also mean euphoric or elated. on his / its last legs на последнем издыхании M E A N I N G : near to death or to the end of his or its useful life My washing machine is on its last legs – I’ve had it twenty five years. ORIGIN: The expression was used in the sixteenth century and probably refers to the buckling of an animal’s back legs when it is weak. on the fritz сломался, не работает M E A N I N G : broken; out of order; not working We can’t watch the game at my house because my TV is on the fritz. ORIGIN: Though this expression is a recent one (the early 1900s), nobody today is quite sure how it got started. One word expert gave the following possible explanation. During World War I, a degrading term for a German soldier was Fritz, a common German name (short for Friedrich). Something not working or ruined could be compared to the defeated Germans. on the Q.T. (QT / q.t.) под шумок; тайком; украдкой; втихаря M E A N I N G : quietly; secretly; without anyone knowing She doesn’t know about the surprise party, so keep it on the Q.T. ORIGIN: Sometimes we abbreviate words by using their first and last letters. In 1870 there was a popular ballad called “The Talkative Man from Poplar.” In one of the lines the word quiet was shortened to q.t. Some people think this abbreviation could have been used 90