rent-a-quote
/ˈrɛntəkwəʊt/originally British. Chiefly depreciative
adjective
Designating someone (especially a politician) who may be relied upon by the media to provide a comment, especially one expressing a strong or contentious opinion, either in any circumstances or when a particular issue is being discussed.
noun
A person who may be relied upon to provide such a comment.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Guardian. From rent + a + quote; compare rent.
- beaver house
- beaver lamb
- Beaver River
- Beaver State
- Beaverton
- be a wake-up
- be away
- be away laughing
- be a weight off one's mind
- be banging (or knocking) one's head against a brick wall
- be barking up the wrong tree
- be beaten at the post
- be beforehand with
- be better than a poke in the eye with a sharp (or burnt) stick
- be better than nothing
- be bitten by the —— bug
- be blown off course
- bebop
- bebopper
- be borne in on (or upon)
- be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- be bouncing off the walls
- be brought to bed
- be browned off
- be built like a brick shithouse