5
votes
What's the meaning of 'couldn't make your car'?
"Couldn't make your car" = Couldn't decode your car as a police car.
"To make" is American police code for making out or spotting that a plain-clothes officer is an undercover cop:
...
- 6,341
2
votes
Accepted
"Neither wonder" - is it a thing?
It is a thing, and it appears to be a Scottish thing.
Search ”neither wonder you” for examples. Here are a few:
Neither wonder you’re so pleased Sjoerd!! That’s a whole heap of
beans. —eileen / ...
- 7,446
1
vote
Origin of "they don't know they're born"?
If we start from a context that gives the meaning of the saying:
"The Joy of Youth" by Eden Phillpotts (1913) - Page 91
“Well, honestly, these fellow creatures of yours don't know they're ...
- 28k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible