I know things are hard, love, but keep your pecker up.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
keep your pecker up — british informal phrase used for encouraging someone to be happy in a difficult situation Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to worry or be upsetsynonym Main entry: pecker * * * Brit., informal … Useful english dictionary
keep your pecker up Brit. — keep your pecker up Brit. informal remain cheerful. [pecker prob. in the sense beak .] → pecker … English new terms dictionary
keep your pecker up — ► keep your pecker up Brit. informal remain cheerful. [ORIGIN: pecker probably in the sense «beak».] Main Entry: ↑pecker … English terms dictionary
pecker — ► NOUN N. Amer. vulgar slang ▪ a man s penis. ● keep your pecker up Cf. ↑keep your pecker up … English terms dictionary
Keep your pecker up! — Keep (your) pecker up! British, informal something that you say to someone in order to tell them to be happy when something unpleasant is happening to them. I know things are hard, love, but keep your pecker up … New idioms dictionary
keep your pecker up — If someone tells you to keep your pecker up, they are telling you not to let your problems get on top of you and to try to be optimistic … The small dictionary of idiomes
pecker — [pek′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that pecks 2. [Brit. Informal] courage; spirits: chiefly in the phrase keep one s pecker up 3. [Vulgar Slang] the penis … English World dictionary
pecker — the penis Literally, an instrument for making a hole by pecking: ... caution a feller about despairing of his poor engine and perhaps hitting his pecker with a hammer. (Theroux, 1973) The British pecker was the nose, whence the… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
keep one's pecker up — verb remain cheerful; keep smiling “Of course you will,” said Wraysford, cheerily; “it’s hard lines at first. Keep your pecker up, young ’un.” The young ’un, despite this friendly advice, felt very far from keeping up his pecker. But he did his… … Wiktionary
pecker — n. (colloq.) (BE) spirits courage to keep one s pecker up * * * [ pekə] (colloq.) (BE) [ spirits ] [ courage ] to keep one s pecker up … Combinatory dictionary
