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Box of toys

idiom
Slang Cockney rhyming slang · East London

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.

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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