throw (one's) rattle out of the cot Idiom

cotton-picking

thieving, doggone, flipping, ruddy Get your cotton-pickin' fingers off that bike! Don't touch it!

cotton to that

believe in that, do that, relate to that City folks play cards on Sunday, but we don't cotton to that.

great Scot

good gravy, gosh, heavens "When Dale gets excited, he says, ""Great Scot!"""

scot free

free of work or discipline, not asked to pay, get off Four members of the gang were convicted, but two went scot free.

beam me up Scotty

(interj) give me crack

cottage

1. the act of soliciting illicit and anonymous sex in a public place by male homosexuals. The "cottage" will often be a public lavatory; taking its name from when such UK conveniences looked cottage like
2. bad, old, worn-out, or stupid. A general derogatory adjective. "That stuff is cottage"

go scot-free

Idiom(s): go scot-free AND get off scot-free

Theme: FREEDOM

to go unpunished; to be acquitted of a crime. (This scot is an old word meaning "tax" or "tax burden.")
• The thief went scot-free.
• Jane cheated on the test and got caught, but she got off scot-free.

get off scot-free

Get away scot-free

If someone gets away scot-free, they are not punished when they have done something wrong. ('Get off scot-free' is an alternative.)

Great Scott

An exclamation of surprise.

throw (one's) bang out of the cot

To behave in a petulantly agitated or affronted manner; to act like an affronted child. Primarily heard in UK. Manchester United's brilliant striker threw his bang out of the cot afterwards he was ejected from the bout for bitter addition player.Learn more: cot, of, out, rattle, throw

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