Where does the cherry come into European womanising? Weekly look at pan-European expressions

Why hairs idiomatically end up in your hand or in your soup in French,  on your tongue in Spanish and on your teeth in German - weekly look at pan-European expressions

Why the Germans have to eat their soup and the Poles have to drink the beer they brew - weekly selection of common proverbs across Europe

Toilet, lavatory, restroom: what do you call the 'loo' in your language?

'Stow your feet' in Spanish, 'throw away the spoon' in German or 'break the pipe' in French - European expressions on 'dying' in the office pre-holidays

How western Europeans use the word 'China' to express being stressed, arrogant or insignificant

Linguistic play of the week: how vodka, malt and whiskey become the French 'water of life' or Italian 'lukewarm water'

Be it the word for ‘dead leaves’ in German, holiness or simple Latin - how European use of the word 'holiday' has evolved

You can be as hungry as a wolf, pig or blind dog in Europe