At the beginning of the fifth novel Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix Harry and his cousin Dudley get attacked by dark
creatures called Dementors. In order to save their lives Harry has du use magic
against them. After their disappearance Harry meets Mrs Figg, one of his
neighbours, who reveals to be a squib – the child of a witch or wizard who does
not have magical powers. Due to her upbringing in the wizarding world she knows
a lot of proverbs used within this world. She complains about Mundungus Fletcher
who had been responsible to guard over Harry: “‘[He] left to see someone about
a batch of cauldrons that fell off the back of a broom! I told him I’d flay him
alive if he went, and now look!’”[1]
‘Falling off the back of a broom’ is an equivalent to the muggle phrase
‘falling off the back of a lorry/truck’. They refer to products which have been
acquired illegally through theft and indicate the kind of business Mundungus
Fletcher is in.[2]
Instead
of using lorries wizards tend to use brooms in order to transport their goods.
The only known and legal magical vehicle is the Knight Bus, which helps the
transport wizards and witches as quickly as possible to their destinations. In
order to transport goods witches and wizards can use their magical powers to
alter the size and weight of the goods in question which makes it easier to
transport them on a broom. It is, therefore, fitting to replace lorry with
broom.
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