Idiom
fall off the back of a truck
Meaning
Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He bought that expensive watch, but it probably fell off the back of a truck.”
“The seller offered me a brand new laptop for half the price, but I suspect it fell off the back of a truck.”
“Although the merchant insisted the goods were legitimate, the suspiciously low price suggested they had likely fallen off the back of a truck.”
Examples
simple
“He bought that expensive watch, but it probably fell off the back of a truck.”
contextual
“The seller offered me a brand new laptop for half the price, but I suspect it fell off the back of a truck.”
complex
“Although the merchant insisted the goods were legitimate, the suspiciously low price suggested they had likely fallen off the back of a truck.”
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