to have a shotgun wedding
- Fuente de la expresión
- Collins Spanish-English Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to have (somebody) a shotgun wedding
- Contexto
- Kay Mellor: ‘I had a shotgun wedding at 16. I’m still married at 63’.
As a pregnant teenager, Kay Mellor considered suicide. Now, 40 years on, she’s written about childbirth in a BBC TV drama.
All sorts make babies and so all sorts end up attending antenatal classes at maternity hospitals. These sessions are such rich human assortment boxes that it is surprising that no British television dramatist has chosen to pick from them until now. - Fuente del contexto
- The Times
- Tipo de fuente
- Periódico
- Autor
- Andrew Billen
- Título de la fuente
- Kay Mellor: ‘I had a shotgun wedding at 16. I’m still married at 63’
- Año
- 2014
- Web
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kay-mellor-i-had-a-shotgun-wedding-at-16-im-still-married-at-63-dwhg9c6tr8l
- Observaciones
- From imagery of the bride’s father having threatened the bridegroom with a shotgun to force him to marry.
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente