Britishisms, maybe

 

The TLS, which I read every week always tosses up a few remarks or qualifiers I don't get.  Sometimes I look them up.  Here are a couple from lately:

a Skittles-like grand horizontale (I get the French part).

A bun penny ring  (I could understand this if it was "a penny bun ring," i.e. a ring as big as a penny bun, whatever size that might be, but this is how it appeared.)