Clayton's
/ˈkleɪt(ə)nz
/adjective Australian /NZ informal
Not real or genuine; existing in name only: even this Clayton’s inquiry was forced to highlight major failures...
- This could be again another Clayton's promise: the promise you make when you are not really making a promise.
- He does not want to be Minister of Defence — he is another Clayton's Minister.
- I referred to it as a Clayton's relationship, ie a relationship you have when you don't have a relationship.
Origin
1980s: from the proprietary name of a soft drink marketed using the line ‘the drink you have when you're not having a drink’.
- get on top of
- get (or be) even
- get (or be given) a guernsey
- get (or be given) the gate
- get (or be) in on the act
- get (or be or go) beyond a joke
- get (or be) shot of
- get (or be) spliced
- get (or catch) it in the neck
- get (or give someone) a fair shake
- get (or give someone) ideas
- get (or give someone) the hook
- get (or give someone) the push (or shove)
- get (or go) back to nature
- get (or go) nowhere
- get (or have) a load on
- get (or have) one's ducks in a row
- get (or have) one's end away
- get (or have) one's (own) way
- get (or have or give someone) the hump
- get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs)
- get (or have) the goods on
- get (or have) the jump on someone
- get (or have) the worst of it
- get (or keep) one's eye in