to receive a visit from the stork
- Fuente de la expresión
- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
- Estructura completa
- to receive (somebody) a visit from the stork
- Variantes
- To [receive, get, expect, have] a visit from the stork
- Contexto
- The engagement of Mme. Theodora Orridge, an English contralto, was modestly announced at the Metropolitan Opera House yesterday afternoon, but the interesting reason for the engagement was withheld. It may be stated, however, in all secrecy, that Mrs. Louise Homer, who is the mainstay of the contralto section at the Opera House now, is about to receive a visit from the stork.
- Fuente del contexto
- The New York Times
- Tipo de fuente
- Periódico
- Autor
- Redacción
- Título de la fuente
- NEW CONTRALTO FOR METROPOLITAN; Mme. Theodora Orridge Coming from Vienna Opera, as Stork Is to Visit Mrs. Homer.
- Año
- 1911
- Web
- https://www.nytimes.com/1911/09/14/archives/new-contralto-for-metropolitan-mme-theodora-orridge-coming-from.html
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente