‘like a beaten favourite’: meaning and origin
Australia, 1982—denotes physical ugliness
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Australia, 1982—denotes physical ugliness
Read MoreAustralia, 1965—a panacea; a source of comfort; also indicates the need for a rest to settle down—originated in ‘A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down’ (1965), a satiric revue by John McKellar—‘Bex’ was a proprietary name for a type of analgesic
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