flat chat

flat chat

1. adjective Very busy; preoccupied with many different things at once. Sometimes hyphenated. Primarily heard in Australia. Sorry I couldn't make it to lunch today, I've been flat chat with the kids all day. I've been so flat-chat at work that I barely have time to see my kids anymore.
2. adverb At the greatest possible speed, efficiency, or power. Sometimes hyphenated. Primarily heard in Australia. We drove that car flat chat out of town. The whole team is working flat-chat to get this project finished and perfect.
See also: chat, flat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • flat strap
  • bleeding edge
  • hit and miss
  • hit or miss
  • hit-and-miss
  • cop on
  • in demand
  • Can do
  • can-do
  • dooper
References in periodicals archive
Debate raged on internet forums as to whether this latest car would continue the front-wheel drive theme or go all-wheel drive and it was only when video leaked of a development car exiting a corner of the Nurburgring at flat chat with a few degrees of power oversteer that the cat was out of the bag.
"The reality at the moment is that nurses are expected to be working very hard, very quickly with very little support, because everyone is so flat chat."
Motoring towards the bridge the boat managed a nippy 10.2 knots of boat speed flat chat (at 3000rpm) while she cruised at a more economical 8.4 knots with the Volvo 55 sail-drives throttled back to a more modest z000rpm.
"Webber just needed to turn it up and he'd have pulled a much bigger gap than he had to me and I was flat chat.
The show is "live from Cardiff" and dead from the neck up' witless rubbish, with flat chat and poor guests.
The trend follows a barren few years in which some new sitcoms such as "Sit Down, Shut Up" and "Flat Chat" tanked; there was zero sketch comedy on commercial TV; and at longtime comedy supporter, pubcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corp., new production was frozen by management woes.
Fox TV offered me a regular character role in a new sitcom, Flat Chat.
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE; VIEWED: Luxury flats complex; HAPPY: Amanda and lover Chris are all smiles Pictures: TILLEN/DOVE; FLAT CHAT: Amanda talks it over with Chris; UP TO SCRATCH?: They're pondering move; KEY TEAM: Amanda at door with Chris and two estate agents
Fox's locally produced sitcom "Flat Chat" enjoyed its healthiest ratings on Nine on the back of "Friends." Execs will renew a second season if it survives a midseason schedule swap with "Malcolm in the Middle."
KEY TEAM: Amanda at door with Chris and two estate agents; HAPPY: Amanda and lover Chris are all smiles Pictures: TILLEN/DOVE; FLAT CHAT: Amanda talks it over with Chris; UP TO SCRATCH?: They're pondering move; VIEWED: Luxury flats complex
Fox has produced 13 half-hours of "Flat Chat," shot on location, a "To the Manor Borne" style comedy for Nine Network.
Fox Studios Australia has more than 30 projects in development, including "Flat Chat," Oz's first sitcom in many years, which is being produced for Kerry Packer's Nine Network.
In the meantime, foreign newcomer Fox Television has the distinction of getting the greenlight from Kerry Packer's Nine Network for "Flat Chat," Oz's first major sitcom in many years.