Black Wednesday
/ˌblak ˈwɛnzdeɪ/ /ˌblak ˈwɛnzdi/British Finance
noun
(A name given to) Wednesday 16 September, 1992, when a massive surge in sales of the pound, perceived to be weak and overvalued, forced its official devaluation and the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
Origin
1990s; earliest use found in The Evening Standard. From black + Wednesday.
- there's no fool like an old fool
- there's no law against it
- there's none so blind as those who will not see
- there's no (or little or not much) love lost between
- there's no such thing as a free lunch
- there's one (or a sucker) born every minute
- there's (or that's) —— for you
- there's safety in numbers
- the rest is history
- the Resurrection
- therethrough
- thereto
- theretofore
- thereunder
- thereunto
- thereupon
- the Revelation of St John the Divine
- the Revolution
- there wasn't a dry eye (in the house)
- there will be hell to pay
- therewith
- therewithal
- there you are (or go)
- there you go again
- there you have it