10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UP A GUMTREE»
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up a gumtree in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Phraseology and Culture in English
Yet the possum figures interestingly in the simile like a possum up a gumtree,
which in twentieth and twenty-first century Australian English connotes happiness
and satisfaction with the situation – quite the opposite of the bandicoot.
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See ride up a gumtree. go up for. To sit for (an examination): coll.: from ca. 1885.
go up in the air. To 'explode', lose one's temper violently: from ca. 1900. From
slightly later is go straight up Cf. go through the roof. go up one! Good for you!
3
The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
Conceited as in up yourself. up and under Rhyming slang for chunder. up a
gumtree Someone who is in a hopeless position or in strife. upper A stimulant
drug. upter No good or broken down. Short for up to putty or up to shit. up the
creek In ...
4
An emigrant in search of
a colony
3n-'l'-'M&8s_8| sing merry song den, 'Possum up a Gumtree,' den planter's man
tink you no care.” 3.“ Where is he?" -';'_'Long way off; I see him; but him turn him
head ebbery lilly minit and look at de prison door.” - “ Go on then,” said I, “ and be
...
AIDS institute locked in court battle Logging puts Koalas up a gumtree Science in
Australia 33 Gene scissors switch genes off/CSIRO faces deep cuts/Science
needs its fraud police/Skin cancer ravages Australia/Roaming buffalo/Moonstruck
...
6
The Heart that Has Truly Loved: The Memoirs of Lorraine Vines
He always gave comforting advice when one of the cats brought up snakes from
the valley, identifying them as non-poisonous. I remember how he could shin up
a gumtree with great ease to cutoff dead branches. It seems a pity that we were ...
Lorraine Vines, Michael Oakey, 2009
7
The Cradle Robber:
A Paisley Sterling Mystery
... up a gumtree, and all. Comes from the purest Elizabethan English. Remind
yourself of that when you think you're surrounded by country bumpkins.” I
laughed. I knew what he was talking about. “Oh, I learned the hard way never to ...
8
Bones of Contention:
A Dinah Pelerin Mystery
“They're completely up a gumtree, can't work out the who or the why. It's a grade
A puzzler, all right, but I've noodled around with a few theories.” He warmed to his
subject. “The bloke was a well-known Pommie journalist—that's an ...
The heads, then, ofthechapters, are briefly as follows: Theauthor'sarrival in
theGorilla country. Its geographical position. Lodgings assignedtohim up a
gumtree. Constant attachment ofthe little prince. His royal highness's gratitude.
Anecdotes ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, 2014
Another could be to taunt the police with their lack of progress in the case -
saving your presence, sir: “you're up a gumtree, me hearties, and I'm laughing at
you for it”. Yet a third could be to keep us thinking about “The Star of Syria” ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UP A GUMTREE»
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up a gumtree is used in the context of the following news items.
It's wacky up a Gumtree
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