- Raw prawn, to come the
- to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable
Australian slang. 2013.
Raw prawn, to come the
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come the raw prawn — (Aust inf) To make an attempt to deceive • • • Main Entry: ↑prawn … Useful english dictionary
come the raw prawn — Australian, informal to pretend that you have no knowledge of what someone is talking about. Oh, don t come the raw prawn with me, Scott, I saw you writing down her telephone number as I walked into the room! (usually + with) … New idioms dictionary
come the raw prawn — vb Australian to try to take advantage of or deceive someone. This colourful expression probably originated in the 1940s and is still heard. The precise connection between the uncooked crustacean and deceitfulness is not clear, but the sug… … Contemporary slang
Come the raw prawn — to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable; to tell lie; to try to deceive; to act stupid … Dictionary of Australian slang
come the raw prawn — Australian Slang to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable; to tell lie; to try to deceive; to act stupid … English dialects glossary
come the raw prawn — v. (Australian Slang) try to cheat, mislead, delude … English contemporary dictionary
prawn — The literal definition of prawn (a word which appears in the Middle English period, but whose origin is unknown) as an edible shellfish is obviously part of standard English. It is, however, the figurative use of the word to describe a fool or… … Australian idioms
come — [c]/kʌm / (say kum) verb (came, come, coming) –verb (i) 1. to move towards the speaker or towards a particular place; approach. 2. to arrive by movement or in course of progress; approach or arrive in time, succession, etc. (sometimes in… …
raw — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of food) uncooked. 2 in the natural state; not processed or manufactured (raw sewage). 3 (of alcoholic spirit) undiluted. 4 (of statistics etc.) not analysed or processed. 5 (of a person) inexperienced, untrained; new to an… … Useful english dictionary
prawn — /prɔn / (say prawn) noun 1. any of various shrimp like decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc. (suborder Macrura), certain of which are used as food. 2. Colloquial a weak, spiritless, insignificant person: he s a bit of a prawn …
prawn — prawner, n. /prawn/, n. 1. any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food. 2. come the raw prawn, Australian Slang. to try to impose on or deceive someone (fol. by with). v.t … Universalium
