shoot through like a Bondi tram
shoot through like a Bondi tram
To hastily depart, abscond, or flee; to pass quickly through or by a place. An allusion to the tram lines that ran in and out of Bondi, New South Wales, until 1960. Primarily heard in US. After Joey found out I was pregnant, he shot through like a Bondi tram back to Perth. All of a sudden, a string of cars started shooting through town like Bondi trams, followed shortly thereafter by a couple of police cars.
See also: Bondi, like, shoot, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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- get one's wires crossed
- get your wires crossed
- have (one's) wires crossed
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