old bag

Related to old bag: Old hag

old bag

A frustrating, irritating woman. Ugh, what is that old bag complaining about today?
See also: bag, old
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

an old ˈbag

(disapproving, offensive) an annoying and unpleasant woman: Some old bag came in here complaining that we’d charged her too much.
See also: bag, old
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • an old bag
  • bag that!
  • bag your face
  • Bag your face!
  • bag and baggage
  • What’s in the bag!
  • What's in the bag?
References in periodicals archive
My heart had stopped, so I was up there and the good Lord must have said, 'Send the old bag down again, I'm not having her yet!'" The Bafta, Emmy and Tony award winner rose to fame as Emma Peel in 1960s TV series The Avengers.
God sent me back after heart scare
"If a man holds a door open or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit, I'm delighted.
"TODAY'S QUOTES"
The busy mum-of-four added the caption: "After three hours of sleep, I feel like an old bag! x vb,"
Posh tweets funny pix of herself with bag on head
"I hate being in my 50s, not least because there are great roles that I just know I won't get now because the casting director thinks that I look like an old bag" New Tricks star Amanda Redman, below "Brutal and volcanic" Labour's former chancellor Alistair Darling's opinion of Gordon Brown when he was Prime Minister "I am perfectly comfortable with not being the guy whose decisions cost a couple of hundred thousand people their lives" Actor George Clooney, ruling himself out as future US president "I realise that people who were once on TV, people who I used to love, people who were unthinkably famous, are just not on TV any more.
THEY SAID WHAT?
Madonna's tacky snaps are promoting a fancy old bag. Yeah.
ROURKEY HORROR
Asda is also running an 'old bag' amnesty, to encourage customers to bring back their used carriers to be recycled and in exchange stores will be giving away one million free bags for life.
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Russ says: "The golden rule is never to leave anything on show - even an old bag or coat.
Daylight thefts from cars
Only a week in and already I am a cynical old bag about the half truths and promises we are being fed.
Elanine C.Smith: Let the attack dogs off the leash
'They're a fairly old bag of crisps - I'm thinking of getting in touch with Golden Wonder to see if anybody has ever found an older packet.'
Wonder-ful find for Tony
On my fridge there is a magnet bearing the encouraging words: "Take an old bag shopping."
We can't ignore the impact of our throwaway society; Waste was once considered a sin but mass consumption now threatens the future of the planet, writes Carol Wardman of the Church in Wales WEDNESDAY ESSAY
Even more tedious than the low-life and miserable times of selfish old bag Dot Branning.
GIMME FIVE; ... rubbish soap storylines ..
Janet Street-Porter revealed she made her partner carry a rucksack for supplies - well he must be used to dealing with an old bag.
ITV'S DREARY WEATHER GIRLS
You're that sad, mad old bag lady who stands at the top of our road flashing her knockers at passing buses.
SHE'S MADGE AS A HATTER
``When people heard I was playing Queen Mary they said `But wasn't she a dragon?' ``But I've learnt from my research that she wasn't just a crabby old bag. She may never have laughed in public but that was because she was shy.'' Miranda recalls that this is not the first odd royal character she has played - she was bar my Queen Bess in Blackadder: ``I've played a lot of queens in my time.
Queen bee
She launches a range of handbags at London Fashion Week, only for her arm candy to be upstaged by an outrageous old bag...
Janice knicks the spotlight