fiddler's bidding

fiddler's bidding

An invitation given unexpectedly, usually or at the last-minute. No, I think she only invited me because I happened to call her. It's just fiddler's bidding.
See also: bidding
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fiddler's bidding

Last-minute invitation. The image is a vacancy at a dinner table to which an itinerant fiddler who appeared at the door and asked to play for food was invited to join the household at the table.
See also: bidding
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • fiddler's pay
  • come out of the blue
  • dark horse
  • dark horse, a
  • a dark horse
  • be in for a shock
  • come out of a clear blue sky
  • come out of a/the clear blue sky
  • drop in on (someone)
  • as it turned out