things are crook in Tallarook
Australian informal The situation is bad or unpleasant: the focus group has suddenly told them that things are crook in Tallarook...- As every partial indicator has already shown, things are crook in Tallarook.
- The reality is more and more Australians are being driven to their wits end by this government's malfeasance. Things are crook in Tallarook.
- Things were crook in Tallarook after the Hawkesbury River ran a banker and washed away houses, stock and crops which left the colony to face a savage diet reduction and starvation.
See parent entry: Tallarook