like piffy on a rock cake
like piffy on a rock cake
Conspicuous but ignored or left out, especially from a group or activity. (A "rock bun" or "rock cake" is a type of hard cake with currants; what "piffy" refers to is unknown.) Primarily heard in UK. I was excited to go with my wife to her awards ceremony, but I didn't know anyone there and was left standing around like piffy on a rock cake. After Tommy hit one of the other boys in his class, he was left sitting like piffy on a rock cake during playtime.
See also: cake, like, on, piffy, rock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- piffey
- piffy
- like piffy on a rock bun
- sit like piffy on a rock bun
- sit like piffy on a rock cake
- a buzz kill
- buzzkill
- a night on the tiles
- get (one's) rocks off on (something)
- much in evidence