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In American radio, film, television, and video games, walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in the background. [1] A group of actors brought together in the post-production stage of film production to create this murmur is known as a walla group.
Other origin stories, some considered "fanciful", [3] could come from French instructions to mind one's pieds (feet) and queues (wigs) while dancing. However, there is no French translation for this expression. [6] Another is with regard to 18th century sailors, who were reminded to pay attention to their peas (pea coat) and queues (pony tail). [6]
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
A few years after that, the two met Casey Veggies, then a 13-year-old, who was a fan of Carrots’ blog. When Peas and Carrots learned Veggies could rap, they decided to start a brand and creative ...
" (Do you have carrots?). [2] The punch line, often a simple pun, follows in the answer. In variations, the little rabbit asks for unusual things, e.g. cold coffee or something rabbit-specific like carrot cake. Example: A rabbit enters a record store and asks the saleswoman: "Hattu Platten?" (Do you have records?; Platten being a homonym of a ...
It took Texas to make America swallow the idea of lucky New Year’s black-eyed peas. More than 85 years ago, in 1937, an East Texas promoter put the first national marketing campaign behind what ...
The peas and greens each have significant meaning, with the peas depicting luck and the greens the color of money. Cornbread is, of course, the color of gold. Together, they represent the promise ...
"Goober Peas" (pronunciation ⓘ) is a traditional folk song probably originating in the Southern United States. It was popular with Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War , and is still sung frequently in the South to this day.