Idiom
dustbin lid/s
SlangCockney rhyming slang
Meaning
kid/s
Examples
“The dustbin lids are playing in the park.”
“I have to pick up the dustbin lids from school before I go to work.”
“The tired father finally managed to get all his dustbin lids into bed after a long and noisy afternoon.”
Examples
simple
“The dustbin lids are playing in the park.”
contextual
“I have to pick up the dustbin lids from school before I go to work.”
complex
“The tired father finally managed to get all his dustbin lids into bed after a long and noisy afternoon.”
Origin
Used when children have created a huge amount of mess.
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