off the back of the lorry
1off the back of a lorry — british humorous phrase used about something that is cheap or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you Thesaurus: illegal or dishonestsynonym cheap and inexpensivesynonym general words for crimessynonym …
2off the back of a lorry — British, humorous, Australian, humorous if you say that you got something off the back of a lorry, you mean that it was probably stolen. I don t know where he gets this stuff probably off the back of a lorry. There s a new stereo too which, I… …
3lorry, it fell off the back of a - — Honest John s Used Skips That seems really cheap for a skip. Where did you get it from? It fell off the back of a lorry. see picture …
4off the back of a lorry — British humorous used about something that is cheap or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you …
5fall off the back of a lorry — Vrb phrs. A reference to goods that have been stolen. Used ironically to avoid revealing the real origins of the property. E.g. Being as they fell off a back of a lorry I m selling them at half the price they are in the shops …
6fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Goods that have fallen off the back of a lorry are stolen goods. Judging… …
7fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods …
8fall off the back of a lorry — to be stolen In reality the days of insecure loads are long past: You wouldn t believe what I paid for them. Fell off the back of a lorry. (Theroux, 1976 he had received stolen goods) Stolen goods similarly fall off the back of other …
9Fall off the back of a lorry — (UK) If someone tries to sell you something that has fallen of the back of a lorry, they are trying to sell you stolen goods …
10The Likely Lads (film) — The Likely Lads was a 1976 film starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. It took its name from the popular British teleivison series of the 1960s The Likely Lads, although it was closer in tone to the more recent sequel Whatever Happened to the… …
