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Tkacka15 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Be a quid behind someone
Wouldn't mind be a quid behind you in the bank
What does the phrase be a quid behind you mean in the above wording?
What does the phrase be a quid behind you mean in the above wording?
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I renew my plea for context. com in which someone replies to a poster who is proposing spending a lot of (English) money on audio-visual equipment. It likely should be "ouldn't mind be ing a quid behind you in the bank....
- I renew my plea for context.
- com in which someone replies to a poster who is proposing spending a lot of (English) money on audio-visual equipment.
- It likely should be "ouldn't mind be ing a quid behind you in the bank....
- before all your spending that is" A quid is an British pound, and the person is saying that he'd be happy if his bank balance were only one pound less than the poster's before the poster buys all that equipment.
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I renew my plea for context.
The only place online I can find this expression is from a discussion in avforums.com in which someone replies to a poster who is proposing spending a lot of (English) money on audio-visual equipment. It likely should be
"ouldn't mind being a quid behind you in the bank.... before all your spending that is"
A quid is an British
The only place online I can find this expression is from a discussion in avforums.com in which someone replies to a poster who is proposing spending a lot of (English) money on audio-visual equipment. It likely should be
"ouldn't mind being a quid behind you in the bank.... before all your spending that is"
A quid is an British
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Thank you, DR, for the reply. My guess has been the same, but wasn't sure. I've found this expression on the internet forum and the other one, cited in my post, when trying to Google out the meaning of that.
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