单词 | to go for one's tea |
释义 | > as lemmasto go (out) for one's tea c. to go (out) for one's tea (see quots.). Irish English (northern) slang. ΚΠ 1978 F. Burton Politics of Legitimacy iii. 78 A Provo would scoff at the Officials' merely elocutionary skills while they were ‘going out for their tea’ (that is, going on military operations which might result in their death). 1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 1 Mar. 5/1 ‘Going for your tea’ in Belfast can be a painful experience—being dragged out by a terrorist punishment squad to get a bullet in the legs. < as lemmas |
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