give a basket
give a basket
To reject a fiancé; to refuse to get married. The phrase comes from an old German custom of leaving a basket on a former lover's roof. I thought for sure that Denise and I were going to get married—I never expected her to give a basket to me in the end. I love Peter, but ultimately I had to give a basket to him because we just want different things in life.
See also: basket, give
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fo sho
- fosho
- be tickled pink
- tickle
- tickled pink/to death, to be
- get spliced
- (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
- in between
- Eve's custom house
- a penny for them