Примери за dicky

• As rhyming slang the expression has been in use since the late 19th century, but it arose as an elaboration of dicky, which is far older.

• They found the address of the local representative, rang him up, took a few details and never heard a dicky-bird.

• We have not heard a dicky-bird since then.

• We have not heard a dicky bird from it on this subject over the past 18 months.

• But they never heard a dicky-bird from the guy who is there to look after the gas consumers' interests.

• However, at present the fish farms are in a dicky position, so it may not be quite so necessary.

• We have not heard a dicky bird about those proposals since.

• If a business cannot stand a year's reduction in its trade, it must be already in a "dicky" state.

• We are aware that its finances are in dicky order.

• The matter had been in all the national papers and every television channel in the south, yet we did not hear a dicky bird from the association.

• I have examples, and one in particular, which is typical, of a medium-sized firm whose balance sheet 18 months ago was in rather a "dicky" state.

• He has a serious heart condition, causing his dicky ticker to go into overdrive when he glimpses the women's underclothing.

• As she agrees to this, he becomse overwhelmed and his dicky ticker (bad heart) sets in.

• He has dicky legs, his fielding has not been particularly brilliant, and his batting has been lamentably weak.