10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET OFF ONE'S BIKE»
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... foot foremost) be in a bad temper when one gets up: I am afraid you got out of
bed with the wrong foot foremost this morning. See also: catch someone on the
wrong foot put afoot wrong. get off one's bike get on one's bike get off one's bike ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
... waxy; wet Annoyed and disappointed choked; chuffed; pipped; pissed off; sick;
sick as a parrot; teed off To be or get angry blow one's stack; create;doone'sbun;
doone'snana;doone'snut; do one's scone; get off one's bike; get one's rag out; ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Gateshead and Redfern. get off (one's) bike. To get angry. See bike. get off it! See
get off, v., 7. get off (pron. orf) me barrer! A Cockney c.p. chant: late 19405-505.
See DCpp. get off my back! Leave me alone! ; stop being a nuisance!: orig. Aus.
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
Am. a motorbike. bike/ get off one's bike Aus.,NZ. get angry. bike/ get on one's
bike Br. col. start working hard. bike/ On your bike! Br., Aus. col. Go away!; Stop
fooling around! bike shed, also cycle shed esp.Br.a smallbuilding forstoring
bicycles.
[ffl] ! ! to get off one's bike C^fflStiSAfiJSIg) ; 4* (Why did he suddenly get off his
bike! fifiS ? ) bill1 to fill/ fit the bill 5 iS^ttft i ft¥ ifefnlM (Most people reckoned that
Tory best filled the bill. *£|LMMb41<ttl □ ) to foot the bill ft FOOT to head/ top the
bill ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
get off one's bike Aust slang, usu with negatives to lose control of oneself, one's
temper or emotions • Don't get off your bike, mate! on your bike Britslang] an
expression of dismissal; clear off! 2 an expression of disbelief; get away! bikeway
> n, ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases get off one's bike Austral./NZ informal become annoyed. on your bike!
Brit. informal go away (used as an expression of annoyance). – origin late 19th
cent.: abbreviation. biker 7noun informal a motorcyclist, especially one who is a ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
2 rare someone who rides a bicycle. Usually called CYCLIST. • biking noun the
sport or pastime of cycling or riding a motorcycle. • get off one's bike Austral slang
, usually with negatives to lose control of oneself, one's temper or emotions; to go
...
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Speaking of Us: Voices from Twentieth-century Australia
Now listen to them: put the acid on, put the hard word on, band (or stack) on an
act, all laired up, also-ran, argue the toss, bald (or barmy or miserable) as a
bandicoot, get off one's bike, break it down, give it a buck (or a burl), cheer chaser
, ...
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English-Ukrainian phrasebook
C-1008. 335. get off on a hobby-horse, to jaMiiHTMCH yjno6;icHOio cnpanoio;
Yes, that chap would get off on some hobby-horse or other (J. Galsworthy). 336.
get off one's bike, to at. jjimthch; "Don't get off your bike," ho said, trying to make
his ...
