"Nah, I've lost me bottle, son", when I asked him if he would like to do something. Rhyming slang for what?
2007-10-12 09:43:30 · 6 answers · asked by captbullshot 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Good, but i GUESSED it might be rhyme slang for botlle o' sauce = force
2007-10-12 09:50:41 · update #1
Uncle's words of wisdom mean that his will to do the many nefarious things that he may have done in his past were now beyond his scope.
To lose ones bottle is lose ones nerve and is an army term not in this case cockney rhyming slang, because the cockney for bottle is bottle and glass = ar$e = bum.
That would not make any sense.
So my guess is your uncle was an old soldier probably of
The Queen's Own Foot & Mouth Brigade.
2007-10-12 10:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by Terry G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most likely explanation is not rhyming slang so much as deriving from bottle of gin sometimes known as 'dutch courage'
2007-10-12 16:59:52 · answer #2 · answered by Easy Peasy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bottle and glass = a*seh*le. It means that he has become less inclined with age to carry out acts of daring.
2007-10-12 16:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not slang - simply I've lost the will/nerve/interest to do it.
2007-10-12 16:47:02 · answer #4 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto as above, also gets ripped down even further.
"up the arris"...... aristotle....bottle......bottle and glass...
oh us cockneys.. we're so witty...
cor blimey Mary Poppins, get off me barra!!
2007-10-12 16:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by champagnecharlie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
alcohol gives you confidence...but alas the bottle is now empty.
2007-10-12 16:56:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋