10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOME AND HOSED»
Discover the use of
home and hosed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
home and hosed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Language of Horse Racing
hotd - home and hosed 109 rein: 'Rainbow Quest . . .was allowed to linger
alongside eventual runner-up Old County before Pat Eddery asked him to
saunter home hard held' (Sporting Life 12 June 1990). hold together On the Flat,
to hold a ...
2
Curious English Words
and Phrases: The Truth Behind the ...
Home and hosed It means secure, certain to succeed, sure to win. It's seldom
used in the present tense, but usually in the past or the future. If something
particular will happen to someone to their advantage, they'll be 'home and hosed'
.
3
The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words
and ...
I think he was doing a Hollywood, because he didn't want to go to the dance that
night. home and dried, home and hosed Both expressions convey the euphoria
of success, and can be used to refer to a win that has already happened, or as a
...
4
A Dictionary of Slang
and Unconventional English
Etym. as sense 1. home and dried (or dry); home and fried; home and hosed;
home with a rug on. F. 81 G. define home and fried as 'Safe and correct': military:
late C.19-earlier 20. P055. rhyming, or a pun on home and dried, the more
common ...
5
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... century, ishome anddry on the pig's back. home and hosed successful in
achieving your objective. chiefly Australian & New Zealand 1998 Times The
championship was over, Manchester United were home and hosed. home free
successful ...
6
Wordbook of Australian Idiom: Aussie Slang
... eyeballs' holey smoke An expression of astonishment, surprise, of wonder— '
Strewth, far out mate, holy bloody smoke cobber! home and hosed (dry) To win,
arrive, complete something— (1) 'The horse is leading, we're home and hosed' (2
) ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Judith Siefring. home and dry successful in achieving your objective. chiefly
British A fuller version of this phrase, which dates from the mid 20th century, is
home and dry on the pig's back. home and hosed successful in achieving your ...
They'd stood tins and bags of rice on the front path of Madeleine's home, and
hosed them off in case they'd brought any dust with them. Then they'd hosed the
house, trying to get places the recent rain would have missed. "How dusty is it out
...
9
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms
and ...
... at home?/Br., Aus. humor. (said if onewants to know what smth. or sb. is really
is). home/ workfrom home Br.do work at home insteadofa company. home and
dry esp. Br. /Am., Aus. home and free, Aus., NZ. home and hosed/ having safely
or ...
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
But note that Australians use home and dried (the commonest) or the punning
home and fried (the earliest recorded in print) or home and hosed or home with a
rug on (the least common). Home and dried was adopted by Australian soldiers ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOME AND HOSED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
home and hosed is used in the context of the following news items.
Irish Water's not dead, it's just resting - Independent.ie
... waited until later in the day - or better still until the following morning when the Tánaiste takes Leaders' Questions - he'd be home and hosed. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Old warhorse gets the Broncos bucking again | The New Daily
... suggests that although the minor premiership is the Broncos' to lose, they are by no means home and hosed for the first-past-the-post prize. «The New Daily, Jul 15»
Distraught dog owner warns people to avoid stagnant water after her …
The 54-year-old from Audenshaw took Cassius home and hosed him down to remove the algae, but four days later the dog started throwing up ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
The Big Split - Who is Going Where?
If Hull FC win Friday nights derby then they are 'home and hosed' and definitely in the eight ahead of that tricky looking game against Wigan. «RLFANS, Jul 15»
Warren Feeney so relieved as Linfield keep Euro dream alive
It was a stunning strike and fired the Blues 3-0 ahead on aggregate but if the visitors thought they were home and hosed they were mistaken. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
Tour de France: Froome takes yellow as stage is marred by 20-man …
Looking home and hosed in the closing stages of the vicious final kick up Mur de Huy, Froome was passed by Joaquim Rodríguez, the Spanish ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Mary Hannigan: Irish eyes smiling? No, they were squinting with fear
Canning, then, snatched the goal of the day award from the grasp of Peter Caruth who looked home and hosed himself for the gong after his ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
After years of featuring in Cork-Kerry battles, what's it like to be …
“In 2010 then we were home and hosed really and Kerry got three dubious frees. The one that sticks out is one Colm Cooper got. You can put it ... «The42, Jul 15»
Tour de France 2015, stage one - as it happened: Rohan Dennis …
The UK's Ian Stannard is home and hosed in 16 minutes and 7 seconds. That's the same time recorded by Jack Bauer and is 56 seconds worse ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Sean Cavanagh condemns online knife threat to Meath goalkeeper …
They looked home and hosed. 'When a team gets a run on you, like Westmeath did, it is hard to swing that momentum back. After many years of hurt, at the ... «SportsJOE, Jun 15»
