What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.
[When asked if her husband was still living:] It's a matter of opinion.
To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.
A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.
Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.
People who think about the past have no future.