Apr 13, 2022 · It's similar to having a "trick up your sleeve" Except, I feel like "in your back pocket" usually implies something physical, where a "trick up your sleeve" is usually more of a non …

The precursor phrase, 'burn in [one's] pocket' Th antecedent to "burn a hole in [one's] pocket" was almost certainly "burn in [one's] pocket," as user66974's very useful answer points out. The …

Jul 5, 2016 · Here is a google image search of "pocket bulge" (but beware, the search also returns risque images of underpants). Urban Dictionary even has an entry for "back pocket bulge," …

Aug 4, 2015 · Based on a first glance, it's looking like the original expression is "have a monkey on the roof," meaning a mortgage, dating back to the 1800s. Later "on the back" forms …

The Oxford English Dictionary says out of pocket meaning "out of reach, absent, unavailable" dates back to the US of the early 20th century: 1908 ‘O. Henry’ Buried Treasure in Ainslee's …

Nov 6, 2014 · Corporal Turnbull was a young man, but he was not a man to be trifled with. He had come back from Dunkirk with all his equipment correct and accounted for and his kitten in his …

Jun 6, 2011 · Here's a cite from the OED:. 1946 Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 May I. 7/1 [They] told citizens here that somebody was ‘out of pocket’ in Bowie and Miller counties …

The thing being urinated (or spat) on can be a boot, shoe, leg, back, face, etc. Some examples: Gal, you can't spit in my face and call it rain. [spoken to one who is trying to deceive.] Boy, you …

Mar 10, 2014 · I think the term 'having one's kitten in one's pocket' is not used here as an idiom.Rather it is used metaphorically and it can easily be understood if the text is carefully …

Oct 7, 2014 · The back of the car seat (No.16) is called the seat back but it can also be referred to as a backrest. A support for a person’s back when they are seated Oxford Dictionaries The …