单词 | to be away for slates |
释义 | > as lemmasto be away for slates P6. colloquial. to be away for slates: (a) (Irish English) to have started and be making good progress; to succeed; (b) (Liverpool) to depart hastily, to be in a hurry (rare). ΚΠ 1930 Meath Chron. 2 Aug. 9/3 Meath were ‘away for slates’ as the saying goes, and there was no stopping them. 1958 Listener 6 Feb. 232/2 Me laddo gives me the griffin and I'm away for slates into the cokes. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 985/2 Away for slates,..departing hastily: Liverpool. 1989 Times (Nexis) 4 Feb. We thought we were away for slates. 2016 @JMaguireCritic 27 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The Young Offenders [film] is away for slates... (Insert other Corkonian expressions of success and good fortune here). < as lemmas |
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