- fall off of the back a lorry
- ► fall off of the back a lorry informal (of goods) be acquired in dubious circumstances.Main Entry: ↑lorry
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lorry — ► NOUN (pl. lorries) Brit. ▪ a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops. ● fall off of the back a lorry Cf. ↑fall off of the back a lorry ORIGIN perhaps from the given name Laurie … English terms dictionary
fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods … The small dictionary of idiomes
fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Goods that have fallen off the back of a lorry are stolen goods. Judging… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
fall off the back of a lorry — to be stolen In reality the days of insecure loads are long past: You wouldn t believe what I paid for them. Fell off the back of a lorry. (Theroux, 1976 he had received stolen goods) Stolen goods similarly fall off the back of other … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods … Dictionary of English idioms
fall off the back of a lorry — Vrb phrs. A reference to goods that have been stolen. Used ironically to avoid revealing the real origins of the property. E.g. Being as they fell off a back of a lorry I m selling them at half the price they are in the shops … English slang and colloquialisms
fall off the back of a lorry — informal (of goods) be acquired in dubious circumstances. → lorry … English new terms dictionary
fall off the back of a lorry — verb Of an item of merchandise, to come into a peronss possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally … Wiktionary
fall off the back of a lorry — (British Slang) appear from out of nowhere (ironic expression used to indicate that something came into one s possession in an illegitimate manner, i.e. by theft) … English contemporary dictionary
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