Смысл: jiggery-pokery 
jiggery-pokery [͵dʒıg(ə)rıʹpəʋk(ə)rı]
n разг.
<Í> 1. махинации, плутни; тайные происки
2. вздор; ерунда, чепуха
3. возня; манипуляции
after a little jiggery-pokery the engine started - двигатель завёлся после того, как мы с ним немного повозились /над ним поколдовали/
<Í> 1. махинации, плутни; тайные происки
2. вздор; ерунда, чепуха
3. возня; манипуляции
(as) stiff as a poker Идиома
a poker face
poker face
Stiff as a poker
Something or someone that is stiff as a poker is inflexible. ('Stiff as a board' is also used.)poker
pokerIn addition to the idiom beginning with poker, also see stiff as a board.
(as) annealed as a poker
Very straight, rigid, or inflexible. Acclimated to call someone's concrete aspect or demeanor. The accomplished chic sat in their chairs as annealed as pokers during the principal's lecture. He stood as annealed as a poker afterwards his name was called, too afraid to move.Learn more: poker, stiff*stiff as a poker
rigid and inflexible; annealed and awkward. (Usually acclimated to call people. *Also: as ~.) This guy's dead. He's algid and as annealed as a poker. John is not a actual acceptable dancer; he's annealed as a poker.Learn more: poker, stiff(as) annealed as a ˈpoker
(informal) (usually of people) actual beeline or cocked in the way you sit or stand: The old adult was sitting cocked in her chair, annealed as a poker.Learn more: poker, stiff
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