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like cheese at fourpence

idiom

Of a person: waiting idly or timewasting.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a little bit of bread and no cheese

    Used to represent the song of the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).

  2. 02

    and the like

    And other similar items; et cetera.

  3. 03

    be like

    To say.

  4. 04

    big cheese

    A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

  5. 05

    built like a brick outhouse

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  6. 06

    built like a brick shipyard

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  7. 07

    built like a brick shithouse

    Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

  8. 08

    chalk and cheese

    Said of things that are very different, though possibly superficially alike.

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