- be up the spout
- British, informal
to be pregnant.
His sister's only just turned sixteen and she's up the spout.
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be up the spout
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be up the spout — (UK) If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant … The small dictionary of idiomes
be up the spout — be/go up the ˈspout f8 idiom (BrE, slang) to be/go wrong; to be spoilt or not working • Well, that s my holiday plans gone up the spout! Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
go up the spout — be/go up the ˈspout f8 idiom (BrE, slang) to be/go wrong; to be spoilt or not working • Well, that s my holiday plans gone up the spout! Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
be up the spout — (UK) If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Be up the spout — (UK) If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant … Dictionary of English idioms
To pop up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To put up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To shove up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
up the spout — (Brit. informal) 1 my computer s up the spout.: See broken sense 3. 2 his daughter s up the spout.: See pregnant sense 1. → spout * * * Brit., informal 1) … Useful english dictionary
up the spout Brit. — up the spout Brit. informal 1》 useless, ruined, or wasted. 2》 (of a woman) pregnant. 3》 (of a bullet or cartridge) in the barrel of a gun and ready to be fired. → spout … English new terms dictionary
