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NINETEEN Nineteen to the dozen - в бешеном темпе; сломя голо¬ ву When going nineteen to the dozen, something or someone is going at breakneck speed. It is now a little old-fashioned British expression, though one can still find examples in newspapers and daily speech. The usual meaning is to do something at a great rate. It most often refers to speed of speaking. The idea is that the rate of talking is so great that when other people say merely a dozen words, the speaker gets in 19. It is also sometimes used to describe rapid heartbeat in times of danger, and to refer to other fast-moving or fast-changing things, like dogs' tails. Another origin goes back to the time of the Cornish tin and copper mines. These mines were often hit by floods. I n the 18th century coal-powered, steam-driven pumps were installed to clear the water. When working maximally, the pumps could clear nineteen thousand gallons of water for every twelve bushels of coal. It is likely that the figures were quoted in some treatise and were then picked up as a way to explain the origin of this puzzling phrase. But nobody can know for sure because its early history is obscure. Nineteen-ninety-never - сто лет в обед; анекдот с бо¬ родой A phrase used when someone says something both outdated and unfunny, following "that is so". Talk nineteen to the dozen - говорить без умолку, как заведённый; трещать как пулемёт Talk quickly without pause for a long time: Aunt Madge is coming this afternoon. She talks nineteen to the dozen and usually exhausts us all! 110