Can you understand the headline at first sight?

1. Yes. 2. Google it.

THAT IS A LIE.
You may cheat yourself and enjoy.

quangos is not an English word.





David

It's a play on the phrase "Bonfire of the Vanities", in which things that are considered sinful are burned. Quangos are quasi-governmental bodies. They are regarded as sources of governmental waste, as the headline would have it, the sin of governmental waste. Funding cuts to these organizations have not gone far enough for the authors.

I thought it was a literal acronym for : quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation

Bizarrely, or sinisterly, our right wing government has been carping on about red tape 'bonfires' all week.

Actually, you are correct, Omsig.

The word originated in the USA in and around the 1970's.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/quango?q=quango

Thank u. I get the concept.
I was not thinking of acronyms.

Om: I get the concept.

That's a rarity.

Can you understand the headline at first sight?

I'd say that instead of 'at first sight', 'upon first reading' is more natural, Ori.

So "SO MUCH FOR THE BONFIRE OF THE QUANGOS!" mean "there are so much ( in the quasi-governmental bodies) that should be burned"?

Yes. Thanks.

"So much for" is basically inferring that the original promise had come to nothing.

The Government promises to have a bonfire of the Quangos, meaning that they will split them up and get rid of as many as possible because of their cost, and lack of effectiveness.
One year later and it is found that they have even more than they started with.

Sarcastically, one would say "So much for that promise" , meaning that, in the end, the promise was worth nothing.

I went on a chocolate and beer diet to lose weight, and gained ten pounds.
"So much for that diet!

Excellent explanation, Lordy!







No, no tongue in cheek, no sarcasm, ... .

What cheat? I understood the sentence regardless of whether I knew what a quango was or not.

google it.