flat out like a lizard drinking
- flat out like a lizard drinking
- Extremely busy, at top speed. This is word play on two different meanings of the standard English 'flat out'. The literal sense is to lie fully stretched out (like a lizard), and the figurative sense means as fast as possible. The phrase also alludes to the rapid tongue-movement of a drinking lizard. It is sometimes shortened, as in 'we're flat out like a lizard trying to meet the deadline'.
Australian idioms.
2014.
Look at other dictionaries:
flat out like a lizard drinking — (AU) An Australian idiom meaning extremely busy, which is a word play which humorously mixes two meanings of the term flat out … The small dictionary of idiomes
Flat out like a lizard drinking — flat out, be (very) busy (originally sarcastically); do something very fast … Dictionary of Australian slang
flat out like a lizard drinking — Australian Slang flat out, be (very) busy (originally sarcastically); do something very fast … English dialects glossary
flat\ out\ like\ a\ lizard\ drinkin — To be very busy. I ve got all these projects to do... I m flat out like a lizard drinking … Dictionary of american slang
flat\ out\ like\ a\ lizard\ drinkin — To be very busy. I ve got all these projects to do... I m flat out like a lizard drinking … Dictionary of american slang
flat — I. /flæt / (say flat) adjective (flatter, flattest) 1. level, even, or without inequalities of surface, as land, etc. 2. horizontally level: a flat roof. 3. comparatively lacking in projection or depression of surface: a broad flat face. 4. (of a …
Edmontosaurus — Chordata Edmontosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 73.0–65.5 Ma … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family … Wikipedia