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Rhyming slang for road, frog and toad/road. It is one the oldest examples of rhyming slang and dates from 1859. Like most rhyming slang, it is frequen...
British slang for a French person, dates from the late 18th century from the allusion to the French habit of eating frogs’ legs.
see Left field
To go hither and thither with great frustration and little or no success dates in the form of ‘from post to pillar’ from the 15th century. One school...
see Scratch
see Out of or from the Ark
see Out of the frying pan into the fire
see Straight from the horse’s mouth
see The year dot
see Ice the cake
Male homosexual, American slang dates from the early 20th century.
British informal for slot machine dates from the 1950s so called because of its fruit symbols. The expression is not known in America where they are s...
An eccentric, possibly crazy person, extracted from the American expression nutty as a fruitcake, which dates from the early 20th century. It can also...
The first recorded usage of this word and its etymology are still disputed. The Oxford English Dictionary gives a first citation of 1503. Other source...
Slightly more robust form of love a duck in use since the mid-20th century and usually used to express surprise or disbelief but can also signify dism...