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What is the saying folded like a cheap?

What is the saying folded like a cheap?

fold like a cheap suitcase To offer little resistance; to submit easily. (A poorly-made suitcase would be prone to collapsing.)

What does on you like a cheap suit mean?

Crowding, covering, or in close proximity to one, often in a seductive or flirtatious way. Janet was all over Richard like a cheap suit for the whole night, but you could tell he wasn’t interested. The press were all over me like a cheap suit the moment I stepped out of the courtroom.

Where did the expression folded like a cheap suit come from?

Cheap ones used to be made of cardboard with little or no structural reinforcement, not very sturdy especially when manhandled by baggage handlers or hotel porters. A sports team with no defense or a poker player with a losing hand would both fold like a cheap suitcase.

What can fold?

Things that can be folded 1

  • your arms.
  • T-shirt.
  • shirt.
  • pants.
  • jeans.
  • sweater.
  • sheet.
  • bed sheet.

What does to be spooked mean?

spooked; spooking; spooks. Definition of spook (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : haunt sense 3. 2 : to make frightened or frantic : scare especially : to startle into violent activity (such as stampeding)

Were all over her like a rash meaning?

Filters. Showering someone with romantic or sexual attentions.

What happens if you fold a paper 100 times?

With just over 100 folds, the thickness of the paper would be equal to 93 billion light-years. The reason for this is exponential growth. When you perfectly fold the paper in half, you will double its thickness. Folding the paper in half a third time will get you about the thickness of a nail.

What is a spook spy?

1 : ghost, specter. 2 : an undercover agent : spy.

What does spook mean in the South?

Southern African slang any pale or colourless alcoholic spiritspook and diesel. verb (tr) US and Canadian. to frightento spook horses; to spook a person. (of a ghost) to haunt.

What does as keen as mustard mean?

very enthusiastic
: very excited and interested : very enthusiastic I gave him the job because he was willing to learn and seemed as keen as mustard.

What does it mean as thick as thieves?

Definition of thick as thieves : very close and secretive They were (as) thick as thieves for weeks, which made us wonder what they were doing.

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Ruth Doyle