go for a Burton

To fail or become useless; to die. Primarily heard in UK. Well, my plan to go to the beach will go for a Burton if it's supposed to rain all weekend.

gone for a burton

Having failed or become useless; dead. Primarily heard in UK. Well, my plan to go to the beach is gone for a burton now that it's supposed to rain all weekend.

go for a Burton

meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed.British informal

This phrase first appeared in mid 20th- century air force slang, meaning ‘be killed in a crash’. It has been suggested that it refers to Burton's, the British men's outfitters, or to Burton, a kind of ale, but these are folk etymologies with no definite evidence to support them, and the origin of the phrase remains uncertain.

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释义	go for a Burton go for a Burton To fail or become useless; to die. Primarily heard in UK. Well, my plan to go to the beach will go for a Burton if it's supposed to rain all weekend. See also: burton, go gone for a burton Having failed or become useless; dead. Primarily heard in UK. Well, my plan to go to the beach is gone for a burton now that it's supposed to rain all weekend. See also: burton, gone Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. go for a Burton meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed.British informal This phrase first appeared in mid 20th- century air force slang, meaning ‘be killed in a crash’. It has been suggested that it refers to Burton's, the British men's outfitters, or to Burton, a kind of ale, but these are folk etymologies with no definite evidence to support them, and the origin of the phrase remains uncertain. See also: burton, go Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: burton gone for a burton jam tomorrow not worth beans (as) useless as an ashtray on a motorbike (as) useless as tits on a bull be not worth a brass farthing not worth a brass farthing (as) useless as tits on a nun
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