A blue touch paper issue - Tradução em português
- Simon Vasconcelos
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But whatever accurate or euphemistic term is used for women's genitals, the aim is for legislators to distance themselves and refuse to acknowledge the intimate nature of their regulation. Yes, all of these examples are from the US where abortion continues to be a blue touch paper issue. But it is only a matter of time before these tactics swim the Atlantic and are deployed in the UK.
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- Telma Regina
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"where abortion continues to be a blue touch paper issue" - onde o aborto continua a ser um assunto arriscado.
(The full phrase is light the blue touchpaper and retire immediately or light the blue touchpaper and stand well clear. Touchpaper is “paper steeped in niter so that it catches fire from a spark and burns slowly, used for firing gunpowder and other explosives.”
The phrase is said when “doing something risky,” according to A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partridge).
(The full phrase is light the blue touchpaper and retire immediately or light the blue touchpaper and stand well clear. Touchpaper is “paper steeped in niter so that it catches fire from a spark and burns slowly, used for firing gunpowder and other explosives.”
The phrase is said when “doing something risky,” according to A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by Eric Partridge).