Old Lady of Threadneedle Street Idiom

easy street

an easy life, a life with lots of money to spend Win five million dollars and we'll be on easy street.

man in the street

the average or ordinary person According to what the man in the street is saying the government is not very popular.

on easy street

having enough money to live comfortably He has been on easy street since he sold his house and invested the money.

on queer street

dizzy or stunned, not acting normal After he hit me I felt like I was on queer street - I was dazed.

street smarts

knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.

street wise

wise about street life, been around Let's ask Sal to go downtown with us. He's street wise.

deliver street pizza

to vomit

street cred

having fashionable awareness, acceptable on the "street"

Street Sweeper

a machine gun

down the street

Idiom(s): down the street

Theme: LOCATION

a short distance away on this same street.
• Sally lives just down the street.
• There is a drugstore down the street. It's very convenient.

the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

A appellation for the Bank of England (which is amid on Threadneedle Street in London). Primarily heard in UK. You can try all you want, but you won't get a penny from the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.Learn more: lady, of, old, street

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More Idioms/Phrases

downhill all the way down-at-the-heels down-and-out down-and-dirty down with a disease down to the last detail down the street down South down on one's luck