Idiom
bow-legged wi' brass
Meaning
Wealthy; having lots of money.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That man is bow-legged wi' brass.”
“She acts like she is bow-legged wi' brass after her promotion.”
“They are bow-legged wi' brass and own three private islands.”
“Everyone knows the family is bow-legged wi' brass, so they can afford the most expensive house in town.”
“After winning the national lottery, my quiet neighbor became bow-legged wi' brass and bought a fleet of luxury cars.”
“You do not need to worry about the bill because the host is bow-legged wi' brass and loves to pay for everyone.”
“Despite his humble appearance, the local merchant is famously bow-legged wi' brass, holding more wealth than the rest of the village combined.”
Examples
simple
“That man is bow-legged wi' brass.”
“She acts like she is bow-legged wi' brass after her promotion.”
“They are bow-legged wi' brass and own three private islands.”
contextual
“Everyone knows the family is bow-legged wi' brass, so they can afford the most expensive house in town.”
“After winning the national lottery, my quiet neighbor became bow-legged wi' brass and bought a fleet of luxury cars.”
“You do not need to worry about the bill because the host is bow-legged wi' brass and loves to pay for everyone.”
complex
“Despite his humble appearance, the local merchant is famously bow-legged wi' brass, holding more wealth than the rest of the village combined.”
Origin
A northern English colloquialism, from the observation that the sheer weight of coins in one's pockets would cause the legs to buckle outwards. The expression implies a degree of wealth so substantial that it becomes a matter of physical deformity. The image relies upon the inconvenience of carrying one's fortune in metal, treating the resulting bow-legged gait as a symptom of excessive liquidity.
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