big girl's blouse

a big girl's blouse

A derogatory phrase used in jest to insult a man who other men believe is behaving in a weak or effeminate manner. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. "You're nothing but a big girl's blouse walking around with your hair in a bun like that," yelled the old man to the young hipster.
See also: big, blouse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

big girl's blouse

a weak, cowardly, or oversensitive man. British informal
See also: big, blouse
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a big girl's blouse
  • blouse
  • queen
  • Queens
  • take offence (at something)
  • in jest
  • jest
  • bulldagger
  • bull-dagger
  • bulldiker
References in periodicals archive
He desperately accused the Labour leader of running scared of a snap election, at one point shouting at Corbyn: "Call an election, you great big girl's blouse."
In response, Mr Johnson threw up his arms and seemed to call out: "Call an election, you great big girl's blouse."
This in the week in which a television programme aired entitled 'Why Are Our Politicians So Crap?', and Boris Johnson referred to the Leader of the Opposition as "a big girl's blouse" during PMQs.
Classic insults included 'you big girl's blouse' and 'knock-kneed knackered old nosebag.' In the programme, the Cynthia character in Baker's stage act was replaced by Walter, the ageing husband of Nellie's cousin Lily (Madge Hindle).
Perhaps new technology could help and VAR, the video assistant referee, that can now reassess penalty or goal decisions, could be used for blatant dives with its results being shown on the scoreboards: 4.5 for presentation alongside a verdict of Big Girl's Blouse.
In language more suited to a family Sunday newspaper, it roughly translated into: "Boris is a big girl's blouse who got us into a right pickle then choked."
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DAVID Haye is a big girl's blouse with a stupid hairstyle who is obsessed with celebrities.
It was a cracking game to be fair, there barely seemed to be a free-kick awarded, apart from big girl's blouse - van der Vaart, who was throwing himself about like a bloke trying to catch his runaway dog.
Dressing up like a big girl's blouse? An ego totally out of control?
But The Master won't accept these big girl's blouse excuses, and nor will my bosses here at Gazette towers who want you, readers, to be able to follow my "journey".
Action Man was killed off by Nancy Boy Harry Potter, big girl's blouse Transformers and "Ooh, I'm really scared" Doctor Who figurines.
BORIS Johnson warned Gordon Brown yesterday he would look like a "big girl's blouse" if he did not call a snap general election.
May - one of the very few men in the world who can look cool wearing bubble-curls and a big girl's blouse - was in supreme form, reminding us that his unique, gloriously fluid guitar was a key component in Queen's success.