kick the gong around
kick the gong around
old-fashioned slang To smoke opium or inject heroin. With how glassy her eyes were, I wondered whether she'd been kicking the gong around before she came over to meet me. I think I'll stay home. I hear they're planning to kick the gong around, and I'd rather not be there for that.
See also: around, gong, kick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
kick the gong around
smoke opium. informalGong is early 20th-century US slang for a narcotic drug, especially opium.
See also: around, gong, kick
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- the glassy
- big-O
- on the junk
- on the mojo
- hop joint
- shake the dust of (something or some place) from (one's) feet
- shake the dust of somewhere from your feet
- glassy
- glassy-eyed
- hit the big time