on the never-never

Having bought something using credit, with many small payments to make (with interest) over many years, as opposed to a single lump sum. Primarily heard in UK. Many people are finding themselves on the never-never as they are forced to use credit cards to afford necessary goods each month. Under the new scheme, a consumer could buy a brand-new car on the never-never and then just trade it in for a newer model in a year's time, with no repercussions.

on the ˌnever-ˈnever

(British English, informal) on hire purchase (= by making payments over a long period of time): He bought a new car on the never-never.

词组	on the never-never
释义	on the never-never on the never-never Having bought something using credit, with many small payments to make (with interest) over many years, as opposed to a single lump sum. Primarily heard in UK. Many people are finding themselves on the never-never as they are forced to use credit cards to afford necessary goods each month. Under the new scheme, a consumer could buy a brand-new car on the never-never and then just trade it in for a newer model in a year's time, with no repercussions. See also: on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. on the ˌnever-ˈnever (British English, informal) on hire purchase (= by making payments over a long period of time): He bought a new car on the never-never. See also: on Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: lump and else together lump together in sum a pile Jack Rice couldn't jump over a roll Jack Rice couldn't jump over rice Lump it! ten-spot lubrication lubrication payment References in periodicals archive DIAMONDS are forever - and you'd be paying for this beauty that long on the never-never. But he still can't afford this beauty We didn't get an electric washing machine until the late fifties - the first thing my father ever bought on the never-never. MANGLING HISTORY "She would get a Provident or Sterlers cheque and pay it back on the never-never. My mum was a victim of loan sharks; MP calls for tighter credit controls The cost was pounds 185 paid on the never-never, with a deposit and weekly payments of a princely sum of pounds 1.12/6, a fair sum in those days. Letter: Service and value at Harmony Hill; VOICE OF THE NORTH More and more Irish people are living on the never-never, unable to escape from the boom mentality of spend, spend, spend. IRISH DAILY MIRROR COMMENT: Borrow sorrow SHOPPERS put a record pounds 1.6 billion on the never-never last month. Financial Mirror: SPENDER BENDER.
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