Americans refer to England as being...

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Title:	Americans refer to England as being...
Answer:	Across the pond

Explanation:	This comes from hundreds of years ago when America was a colony of England. Colonists would say jokingly that England was 'across the pond' instead of 'across the Atlantic Ocean' since England was actually not just across a pond, but thousands of miles away.
English > Popular Expressions > Holidays / Travel

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Average Rating		4.2
# of votes		18
# of Garbage Votes		0
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 18 !
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Yasin D.

Rating: 5

May 29, 2016

Instead of "Across the pond", in Turkish we say "under the nose of"

Anna Z.

Rating: 5

January 4, 2015

cgbayon

Rating: 5

December 22, 2014

Instead of "Across the pond", in Spanish we say "al otro lado"

Guest

Rating: 5

October 3, 2013

Andrew
(native speaker)

Rating: 3

November 4, 2012

Guest

Rating: 5

May 9, 2011

Gill G.

Rating: 4

November 2, 2010

I like this one. Thanks for sharing. :)

Guest
(native speaker)

Rating: 2

October 15, 2010

Carolina i.

Rating: 5

October 8, 2010

Instead of "Across the pond", in Spanish we say "del otro lado del charco"

Birgit S.

Rating: 3

March 17, 2010

Instead of "Across the pond", in German we say "Über den Teich"

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