like a shag on a rock
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like a shag on a rock
Isolated, lonely, stranded, or abandoned. A shag is an Australian term for a cormorant, which often perches alone on cliffsides. Primarily heard in Australia. I can't believe you just got up and left me there like a shag on a rock! Even at parties around lots of people, I still tend to feel like a shag on a rock.
See also: like, on, rock, shag
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- on (one's) Jack
- on your Jack
- horse and buggy
- horse and carriage
- backwater
- go out of style