MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY

 

Se habla de a mutual admiration society cuando dos se alaban y se echan flores, y se emplea de manera sarcástica. “A mutual admiration society, eh?” says Ruth Rendell about two people who compliment each other, in her book The best man to die.” (London: Arrow Books Ltd, 1981). La expresión la hizo popular la obra de Broadway Happy Hunting (1956) y la letra decía: 

We belong to a Mutual Admiration Society

My baby and me

We belong to a Mutual Admiration Society

 I think he’s handsome and he’s smart

I think that she’s a work of art

I say that he’s the greatest man

And likewise I’m her biggest fan

I say her kisses are like wine

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Cosas curiosas del idioma que todo nativo sabe o debiera saber.