tea leaf
Related to tea leaf: Tea leaves
tea leaf
slang A thief. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "leaf" rhymes with "thief." Primarily heard in UK. I think some tea leaf stole my wallet! Them corporate bigwigs ain't nothin' but a buncha tea leaves!
See also: leaf, tea
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- in leaf
- set a thief to catch a thief
- lully prigger
- pluck out
- pluck out of pluck out
- keep (one's) weather eye open
- keep a
- keep a weather eye open
- keep a weather eye out
- keep weather eye open