All Giuliettas had a twincam four-cylinder engine with wet liners, plus four- or five-speed gearboxes and an excellent-handling chassis.

He's just another linguini-spined politician.

Today I will transform you into a catapeltic arrow, / and I'll send you spinning like a missile from a catapult. A translation of lines 689–690 from the Latin play Curculio (The Weevil) by the Roman playwright Plautus (c. 254 – 184 B.C.E.).

JC heard him remark, “I need a bit of the tiddly my dear. It’s been a hard day.” Tiddly, hm, must be an English drink?