1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 106: So that’s why she’s been beating about the bush all this time.at beat about the bush (v.) under beat, v.
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 141: For two pins I’d chuck the whole wearisome business.at chuck, v.2
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 132: Archibald will cut up rusty about the inoculations.at cut up (a) rusty (v.) under cut up, v.1
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 149: You must be pretty busy to-day, with your partner dropping off suddenly like that.at drop off, v.1
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 172: She was quite off her head about him for a month or two.at off one’s head, adj.
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 150: I suppose you’re nosing about to find out what’s going to happen to the practice.at nose around (v.) under nose, v.
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 160: I never came across anyone quite so starched.at starched, adj.
1930 H. Ashton Doctor Serocold (1936) 171: They were a weedy, second-rate, effeminate lot, to my mind.at weedy, adj.