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		toyg on Oct 16, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The foreign words that seem like English, but aren... See also: "al fresco", which in England means "dining outdoors" and in Italy "being in prison". I wonder if it's because eating English food under the English weather can be considered punishment on the level of incarceration...?

taejo on Oct 16, 2016 [–]

al fresco literally means "in the fresh/cool"; interestingly, English also has "in the cooler" for "in prison"

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