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Formed by David Sterling to aid montgomery in North Africa in WWII, the SAS was a team of five officers and sixty men who were all drawn from the commando units. They were put through gruelling training. Early failures were overlooked in the light of successful tactics and destructive capability shown later in the war.
When one member was captured, he escaped, and walked 200 miles in eight days of blistering desert heat with no more than a map, compass and a pair of shorts to rejoin his comrades.
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(Idiom) Literally translated, means "It is the life". Better translations lead to "That's life" or "it's life". Basically shut up and get over it, used as a puit down. The best retort to this is "C'est la guerre", which means "This is war".
*A and B find A's car being keyed by a person known to be a local trouble maker*
A: Damn that bastard! I'll kill him.
B: So what about your car, c'est la vie. He's just a kid anyway...
A: NON! *eyes go red* C'est la guerre!
B: *shits pants*
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The name of a tempest which wrecked a mongol fleet (led by a descendant of Genghis Khan) that tried to invade Japan. The name lends itself to a sqaud of Japanese WWII pilots who had very little training, so were just told to load up with explosives and crash into vessels. Although a number of European warships were attacked by Kamikaze, the steel decks meant that the attacks were ineffective.
Self-sacrifice was a last ditch attempt to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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"Less economically developed country"
A more socially acceptable (politically correct) version of third world or poor
most of africa.
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Extolling/defaming a cause to people convinced of it's greatness/horridness. Etymology is obviously from christian church choirs.
Playmate: Sex sells
Hugh H: Preaching to the choir.
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