a bad penny in American English someone or something undesirable. See full dictionary entry for penny.
What is the origin of the phrase like a bad penny?
When coins came into use in the world for the first time, they also became bad due to clipping and excessive usage. Therefore, they were considered useless during Edward I’s rule in England. William Langland used the phrase bad penny for the first time in his popular poem Piers Plowman.
Who kept turning up like a bad penny *?
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Who kept turning up like a bad penny?
Chunilal kept turning up like a bad penny. This discussion on __ kept turning up like a bad penny.
What does a cat may look at a king mean?
A cat may look at a king is an English proverb that means even someone of low status has rights. A cat may look at a king implies that all people have certain minimal rights by virtue of being alive.
What’s it called when you twist someone’s arm?
See synonyms for twist someone’s arm on Thesaurus.com. Coerce or persuade someone, as in If you twist my arm I’ll stay for another drink, or She didn’t really want to go to the theater but he twisted her arm. Originally alluding to physical coercion, this term is now generally used more loosely and often jocularly. [
What is as good as a mile?
Coming close to success but failing is no better than failing by a lot, as in He was beaten by just one vote, but a miss is as good as a mile. This proverbial expression, first recorded in 1614, is a shortening of the older form, An inch of a miss is as good [or bad] as a mile of a miss.
What does the saying a change is as good as a rest mean?
UK saying. You can get as much good from changing the work you do as from having a rest.
When the cat’s away the mice play meaning?
said to mean that people do what they want, or misbehave when their boss or another person in authority is away. While the bosses are out of the room, the workers watch the game a case of while the cat’s away the mice will play. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.
What does it mean to put your foot in it?
Definition of put one’s foot in it informal. : to say something that causes someone to be embarrassed, upset, or hurt especially when the speaker did not expect that reaction I really put my foot in it when I asked her about her job. I didn’t know she had just been fired.
What does it mean to lose your touch?
: to no longer have the ability to do things that one was able to do successfully in the past His last album flopped; he seems to be losing his touch.
What is the meaning of last straw?
Definition of the final/last straw : the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset, angry, etc. It had been a difficult week, so when the car broke down, it was the last straw.
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