Please remove Norah if this doesn’t belong. I haven’t been able to find a thread like this in this forum.
This is a place to post words or phrases that simply delight you as you discover them in Chambers (or elsewhere)
Here’s one I just found :)
“To dine with Duke Humphrey”
To go without dinner. The phrase refers to the story of a man who, while visiting the tomb of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, was locked in the abbey—and thus missed dinner.
A: "Why are you so hungry? Didn't you eat dinner?" B: "No, I got stuck in a meeting, so I dined with Duke Humphrey!"