Witches Abroad (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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‘Cojones’ is Spanish for ‘hen’s eggs’, colloquially used for ‘testicles’. The whole ‘Thing with the Bulls’ section spoofs the annual bull running festival of Pamplona in our world. Ernest Hemingway was very impressed with this macho activity, and used the word ‘cojones’ to describe the bravery displayed by the young men participating in the event.

I doubt if it originated with Hemingway, but to this day “having the balls” is used in both English and Spanish to mean “act bravely”.