Yeah normally in these older photos no one looks attractive but even with all the things you mentioned against her she’s looking pretty good.
Turns out when he proposed his theory of everyone being attracted their mum he actually meant his mum.
Yeah normally in these older photos no one looks attractive but even with all the things you mentioned against her she’s looking pretty good.
Turns out when he proposed his theory of everyone being attracted their mum he actually meant his mum.
Also from southern UK and we called it knock down ginger. Looked it up and found this:
https://idiomorigins.org/origin/knock-down-ginger
Where ginger is to move “gingerly” i.e. cautiously or carefully. Can’t comment on how valid that is but that website says the term has been in use since the 19th century.