1948 A. Wright Under the Whip 7: He had certainly ‘got’ it badly for this Nada Bigham.at have (got) it bad (v.) under bad, adj.
1948 A. Wright Under the Whip 15: Maybe he was banking on the Lad’s accident a week ago?at bank on (v.) under bank, n.1
1948 A. Wright Under the Whip 15: Not much happened [...] that the ‘wise boys’ did not get to know about.at wise guy, n.
1948 A. Wright Under the Whip 7: Andrew seems to be quite a tough nut when he gets down to talking business.at tough nut, n.
1948 A. Wright Under the Whip 15: His sort always put skirt-chasing before anything else.at skirt-chaser (n.) under skirt, n.