who pulled your chain? phr.
a derisive phr. to one who has ‘butted in’ to a private conversation, who asked you to make a comment?
(con. WWI) Soldier and Sailor Words 51: Chain, Who Pulled Your: Who asked you to interfere, to ‘chip in.’. | ||
Dict. Service Sl. n.p.: who pulled your chain? . . . courteous retort implying that the fellow is a monkey. | ||
Savage Night (1991) 79: Who pulled your chain, grandpa? | ||
Garden of Sand (1981) 319: Listen to that. Who pulled your chain, twirp. |