Gazza Wrote:
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> I believe the Americans have a word for it -
> chutzpah
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> we'd call it "having a bloody nerve"
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> [
en.wikipedia.org]
My favourite definition of Chutzpah was that given by bill bryson in one of his books..."take a person who kills both his parents and at his trial, appeals for clemency on the grounds that he's an orphan. THAT'S Chutzpah"