Tuesday 23 July 2013

Stone the crows!

Meaning:

  • You say this when you are very surprised and/or annoyed.



Example sentence:

What? He finally got married? Stone the crows! I can't believe it!



Questions for you to answer:
  1. When were you last so surprised that you wanted to cry: 'Stone the crows!'
  2. What are the top three situations in which you would use the idiom?
  3. Why do you think anyone would like to stone the crows? This might take you to the origin of the phrase.

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