across the pond

Etymology
From +  +.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Usage notes

 * The phrase usually implies the North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe, and is most often used to describe travel or the flow of information between Ireland or the United Kingdom, and Canada or the United States.

Translations

 * Finnish: rapakon taakse, rapakon takana
 * French:
 * Macedonian: пре́ку ба́рата
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: over dammen
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: преко баре
 * Roman: preko bare
 * Spanish: al otro lado del charco
 * Swedish:, på andra sidan pölen