单词 | to talk to ralph on the big white telephone |
释义 | > as lemmasto talk to Ralph (also God, etc.) on the big white telephone big white telephone n. (also big white phone and variants) slang the bowl of a toilet; originally and chiefly in to talk to Ralph (also God, etc.) on the big white telephone and variants: to vomit into a toilet (cf. ralph v.). ΚΠ 1977 UNC-CH Campus Slang (Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) (typescript) Apr. 4 Talk to Ralph on the big white telephone, to vomit. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1993) 98 I ran back to the squat, hung my head over the toilet and talked to God on the big white telephone. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 2 Dec. 32 It's useful to know that when someone asks the way to a big white telephone what they want is the loo. 2002 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 28 Dec. (Sports section) 7 He was calling Europe all night on the big white phone. < as lemmas |
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