1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 133: It wouldn’t be all beer and skittles [...] it would be damned hard work.at all beer and skittles, phr.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 138: An eccentric old bean, this.at old bean (n.) under bean, n.2
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 83: There was nothing for it but to bite on the bullet.at bite the bullet (v.) under bite, v.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 41: I suggest you cut the cackle and come to the horses. Just what exactly do you know about the girl?at cut the cackle (v.) under cackle, n.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 128: She didn’t care tuppence for Mr Jefferson.at not care twopence, v.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 91: Why, dang my eyes, I said, whatever be that?at dang, v.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 63: Don’t usually bother [...] Such a fag putting a car away in a garage.at fag, n.2
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 73: Her name’s Miss Marple [...] Where crime is concerned she’s the goods.at goods, n.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 82: She’d got her hooks into Jeff all right.at get one’s hooks on (v.) under hook, n.1
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 83: That half-baked nitwitted little slypuss.at nitwitted, adj.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 128: I see him in his ‘off’ moments, not only in his ‘on’ ones.at off, adv.1
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 128: I see him in his ‘off’ moments, not only in his ‘on’ ones.at on, adv.1
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 102: Thought I’d found another likely starter – but it petered out.at peter out, v.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 22: I hate to see a girl I like who [...] lets a disgusting Central European paw her about.at paw, v.
1942 A. Christie Body in the Library (1959) 100: He couldn’t stick playing bridge for a whole evening.at stick, v.