dog and bone
dog and bone
slang The phone. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "bone" rhymes with "phone." Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Is that the dog and bone? Can someone answer it? My sister has been blabbing on the dog and bone for hours every night ever since she got a boyfriend. It's so annoying.
See also: and, bone, dog
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- have a bone on
- bone out
- doesn't have a (certain kind of) bone in (one's) body
- unkind
- crazy bone
- bone dry
- be bone idle
- out of joint
- a bone in your leg
- bone in (one's) leg