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AN OLLA PODRIDA
is a gallimaufry, a
salmagundi, a potpourri, a hotchpotch,
a miscellany of ingredients cooked
together in the one pot.
It appears in Don Quixote
as a long, slow-cooked stew,
“the rotten pot”.
Dish > A noble dish loved by Samuel Pepys > Olla podrida, Times, §1, 6.4.2005
mumbo jumbo
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/aug/28/health.publicservices
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/20/referenceandlanguages.radio
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/dec/14/weekend.davidnewnham
mumbo-jumbo
USA
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/04/05/
522738015/is-neuroscience-rediscovering-the-soul
jiggery-pokery
UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4242213.stm
herky-jerky
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/
opinion/sunday/corporations-will-inherit-the-earth.html
itsy-bitsy
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/21/motoring
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/oct/02/research.highereducation2
teensy-weensy
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/21/motoring
hunky dory
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/17/
houston-we-have-a-lot-of-problems-is-mars-one-too-good-to-be-true
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14409399%26method=
full%26siteid=50143%26headline=heart%2dscare%2dbowie%2d%2di%2dam%
2dhunky%2ddory-name_page.html
hanky-panky
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/jun/23/art2
airy-fairy
hoochie coochie
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jul/23/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries
hocus pocus
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/opinion/05krugman.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/03/election2001.politicalcolumnists2
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/apr/22/iraq.iraq1
cheeky chappie
https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,1275396,00.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/jan/08/society.london
boogie woogie
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/20/9
helter skelter
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/may/02/rugbyleague.sport1
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jun/20/cricket.lawrencebooth
razzle dazzle
UK / USA
http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/
theater/reviews/pippin-directed-by-diane-paulus-at-the-music-box-theater.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/feb/25/
london-fashion-week-henry-holland-pictures?picture=343773255
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/mar/25/artsfeatures.awardsandprizes
willy-nilly
UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/02/footandmouth.sarahhall
topsy-turvy
USA
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/
opinion/coronavirus-treatment.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/us/
politics/same-sex-marriage-utah.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/
politics/01zeleny.html
nitty gritty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lvsj3 - 8 March 2016
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/sep/17/schools-teachers-tips-for-parents
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/15/race.world
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19635,00.html
upsy-daisy
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/UPSYDAISY
fuddy-duddy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/opinion/27montross.html
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2922746
hush-hush
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2003/aug/05/energy.renewableenergy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/feb/15/weekend.jessicalack
hullabaloo
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08blow.html
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1981/may/14/race.world
razzmatazz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/24/brown-mandelson-razzmatazz
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/jul/30/cricket.lawrencebooth
cuckoo
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/29/military.politics
pooh-pooh
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/nov/02/theairlineindustry.greenpolitics
boondoggle
USA
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/california-
rail-project-advances-amid-cries-of-boondoggle.html
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