off like a bride's nightie
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Off like a bride's nightie — leaving very quickly … Dictionary of Australian slang
off like a bride's nightie — Australian Slang leaving very quickly … English dialects glossary
bride's nightie — be off like a bride s nightie Depart quickly, move with a sudden burst of speed. It is likely that this expression was first used in horseracing to refer to a horse that moved very quickly out of the starting gates. The phrase plays on two… … Australian idioms
nightie — /ˈnaɪti/ (say nuytee) noun 1. → nightdress. –phrase 2. be off like a bride s nightie, to depart extremely rapidly. Also, nighty …
bride — noun /bɹʌɪd,bɻaɪd/ a) A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married. b) An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework. See Also: bridal, bride gift, bridegroom, bridely, bride price, bridesmaid, bride wealth … Wiktionary
Perry Mason (novels) — The following is a list of Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner.NovelsMany Perry Mason novels were first published in serial format in The Saturday Evening Post , some with different titles. 16 appeared in the Toronto Star Weekly in… … Wikipedia
