Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to believe; often in the interrog. phr. would you Adam and Eve it?

1925		(con. WWI) Fraser & Gibbons Soldier and Sailor Words 3: Adam and Eve: Believe. E.g., ‘Could you Adam and Eve it.’.
1938		J. Curtis They Drive by Night 122: Blimey, even you don’t adam and eve it.
1943		R. Llewellyn None But the Lonely Heart 242: Would you bleeding well adam and eve it, eh?
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog 12: You’d ’ardly Adam ’n’ Eve it – ’is trouble and strife’s goin’ to ’ave anuvver Gawd forbid.
1977		D. Powis Signs of Crime 171: Adam (and Eve) it, To believe it.
1986		J. Sullivan ‘The Longest Night’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Cor dear, would you Adam and Eve it, eh?
1999		Guardian Rev. 15 Oct. 1: Would you Adam and Eve it?
2001		M. Coles Bible in Cockney 12: He then breathed into the fireman’s hose of this geezer, and would you Adam and Eve it, the dirty geezer started to live.

2. to leave.

1972		Dodson & Saczek Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. 21: Adam and Eve 2. To leave, to make a hurried departure (c.1930; underworld).
1984		Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 5/2: late C.19–20.