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English in Use
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Written by Patrick O'Connor
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 11:59 |
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The Sun's witty headline of 'He's Not The Vidic Idiot' is on a sport story reporting that Manchester United's Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic has upped his wages from £70,000 a week to £90,000. He has signed a two year extension to his current contract on improved terms after interest from Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho.
The headline makes a play on the phrase "the village idiot", which describes a stupid or ignorant person well known for low intelligence in their village or town. Of course in this case, the footballer Vidic is certainly not the 'village idiot'.
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