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box of toys

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London
Meaning

noise


Origin

As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made.

Examples
SIMPLE

The children are making a box of toys in the living room.

CONTEXTUAL

Please tell the students to be quiet because they are making a real box of toys during the exam.

COMPLEX

The neighbors complained about the constant box of toys coming from the apartment upstairs throughout the night.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    food noise

    A mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.

  2. 02

    make a noise in the world

    To attract great notoriety.

  3. 03

    make noise

    To scold, condemn, or criticize very harshly.

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