Robbing ducks
'Robbing the ducks' as in broke, brassic, penniless, destitute, skint, resulting in a lack of nourishment necessitating the plundering of left-over bread from feeding the ducks at the local pond.
This could also be used to denote extreme desperation as a result of a lack of satisfaction in a certain aspect of ones life requiring the 'scraping of the bottom of the barrel' as an alternative to going completely without.
This could also be used to denote extreme desperation as a result of a lack of satisfaction in a certain aspect of ones life requiring the 'scraping of the bottom of the barrel' as an alternative to going completely without.
E.g. 1
Friend 'A'; "When was the last time you ate? Are you hungry?"
Friend 'B'; Don't know mate, I'm robbing the ducks!"
E.g. 2
"My mate's dying for a shag bless 'em, they're robbing ducks now!"
E.g. 3
Mate '1'; "How you fixed for cash geezer?"
Mate '2'; "Robbing ducks mate! Tragic."
Friend 'A'; "When was the last time you ate? Are you hungry?"
Friend 'B'; Don't know mate, I'm robbing the ducks!"
E.g. 2
"My mate's dying for a shag bless 'em, they're robbing ducks now!"
E.g. 3
Mate '1'; "How you fixed for cash geezer?"
Mate '2'; "Robbing ducks mate! Tragic."