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• off the back of a lorry — british humorous phrase used about something that is cheap or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you Thesaurus: illegal or dishonestsynonym cheap and inexpensivesynonym general words for crimessynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• fall off the back of a lorry — (UK)    If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Goods that have fallen off the back of a lorry are stolen goods.     Judging… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• off the back of a lorry — British, humorous, Australian, humorous if you say that you got something off the back of a lorry, you mean that it was probably stolen. I don t know where he gets this stuff probably off the back of a lorry. There s a new stereo too which, I… …   New idioms dictionary

• fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• fall off the back of a lorry —    to be stolen    In reality the days of insecure loads are long past:     You wouldn t believe what I paid for them. Fell off the back of a lorry. (Theroux, 1976 he had received stolen goods)    Stolen goods similarly fall off the back of other …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• Fall off the back of a lorry —   (UK)   If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods …   Dictionary of English idioms

• fall off the back of a lorry — Vrb phrs. A reference to goods that have been stolen. Used ironically to avoid revealing the real origins of the property. E.g. Being as they fell off a back of a lorry I m selling them at half the price they are in the shops …   English slang and colloquialisms

• lorry, it fell off the back of a - — Honest John s Used Skips That seems really cheap for a skip. Where did you get it from? It fell off the back of a lorry. see picture …   English expressions

• fall off the back of a lorry — informal (of goods) be acquired in dubious circumstances. → lorry …   English new terms dictionary

• it fell off the back of a lorry — Meaning Euphemism for stolen. I found it lying in the street your honour honest . Origin It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God Meaning Origin From the Bible, Mark 10:25 …   Meaning and origin of phrases

• off the back of a lorry — British humorous used about something that is cheap or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you …   English dictionary