- come the raw prawn
- come the raw prawn (Aust inf)To make an attempt to deceive• • •Main Entry: ↑prawn
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
come the raw prawn
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come the raw prawn — Australian, informal to pretend that you have no knowledge of what someone is talking about. Oh, don t come the raw prawn with me, Scott, I saw you writing down her telephone number as I walked into the room! (usually + with) … New idioms dictionary
come the raw prawn — vb Australian to try to take advantage of or deceive someone. This colourful expression probably originated in the 1940s and is still heard. The precise connection between the uncooked crustacean and deceitfulness is not clear, but the sug… … Contemporary slang
Come the raw prawn — to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable; to tell lie; to try to deceive; to act stupid … Dictionary of Australian slang
come the raw prawn — Australian Slang to bullshit, to be generally disagreeable; to tell lie; to try to deceive; to act stupid … English dialects glossary
come the raw prawn — v. (Australian Slang) try to cheat, mislead, delude … English contemporary dictionary
Don't come the raw prawn — don t try to fool (me) … Dictionary of Australian slang
don't come the raw prawn — Australian Slang don t try to fool (me) … English dialects glossary
don't come the raw prawn with me — (Australian Slang) don t try to cheat me … English contemporary dictionary
prawn — The literal definition of prawn (a word which appears in the Middle English period, but whose origin is unknown) as an edible shellfish is obviously part of standard English. It is, however, the figurative use of the word to describe a fool or… … Australian idioms
come — [c]/kʌm / (say kum) verb (came, come, coming) –verb (i) 1. to move towards the speaker or towards a particular place; approach. 2. to arrive by movement or in course of progress; approach or arrive in time, succession, etc. (sometimes in… …
