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[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 39: If she pulls this act once more, I’ll get snippy.
at pull a — act (v.) under act, n.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 133: One of the agents said that Wade had asked for it.
at ask for it (v.) under ask, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 196: It’s strong American women who drive men queer, because they’re ball cutters.
at ball-cutter (n.) under balls, n.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 236: ‘My career is over, everyone says so.’ ‘Big balls. Do you agree with everyone?’.
at balls!, excl.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 111: ‘Ram, bam, thank you ma’am,’ I said.
at wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, phr.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 111: ‘Ram, bam, thank you ma’am,’ I said.
at wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, phr.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 28: There’s a couple of them I let take me to the movies, but they’ll never make first base.
at first base, n.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 153: Melora opened the door looking definitely beat-up herself, in an old dressing-gown.
at beat-up, adj.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 210: Don’t beat about the bush. I want the truth.
at beat about the bush (v.) under beat, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 140: Hell, you know me. I’m just an optimist who bellyaches all the time.
at bellyache, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 25: She was singing, and by the last verse fairly belting it out.
at belt it out (v.) under belt, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 108: I’m bushed. Can you fix me up with a couple of bennies?
at benny, n.4
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 140: You look at someone you’re angry with for putting you in a deep blue funk.
at blue funk (n.) under blue, adj.1
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 63: People were drinking away and getting to the blue-joke stage.
at blue, adj.3
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 21: I’ve got an attack of the blues.
at blues, n.1
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 42: Boffo, that’s all I can say, it’s Boffo with me!
at boffo, adj.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 22: I know of course the Ace of Spades means you’re going to kick the bucket.
at kick the bucket, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 184: I began to feel better. The mountains didn’t bug me so much.
at bug, v.2
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 116: Well, bully for you, I said to myself.
at bully for —! (excl.) under bully, adj.1
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 75: It made me hit the roof and the doctor had to give me a tranquillizer.
at hit the ceiling, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 51: Melora so elegant and Gloria so cheesy.
at cheesy, adj.2
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 138: After a few weeks the old cherry picker grew tired of listening, so he married her.
at cherry-picker, n.2
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 217: The Dealer handing in her chips.
at hand in one’s chips (v.) under chip, n.2
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 42: Now that the chips are down, I’m as surprisingly relaxed as I was that day I skipped in the ocean.
at when the chips are down under chip, n.2
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 90: Well, you’re looking chipper.
at chipper, adj.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 179: Then people think they’ve gone too far and clam up.
at clam (up), v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 219: It was a clanger even for Gloria.
at clanger, n.1
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 208: I can’t pretend I’m on cloud seven either.
at cloud nine, n.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 173: Is it just someone called Daisy Clover who sings and clowns around and makes a lot of money?
at clown (around) (v.) under clown, v.
[UK] G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 191: I had to let Melora know that I was up shit creek [...] without making it clear to this woman just how I’d been left without a paddle.
at up shit(’s) creek under shit creek, n.
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