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Borrow and beg

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London

egg


Origin

A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period.

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Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    a wild goose never laid a tame egg

    Most things are inherited and predetermined.

  2. 02

    bad egg

    Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.

  3. 03

    curate's egg

    A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoiled by the bad.

  4. 04

    egg on

    To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

  5. 05

    good egg

    A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend.

  6. 06

    lay an egg

    To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.

  7. 07

    rotten egg

    A person who is the latest, the last, or the slowest in a group to arrive somewhere or to perform a certain task.

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