In 2008, the British tabloid The Daily Mail published a profile of Ms. Athill with the headline “Confessions of a Promiscuous 90-Year-Old,” a turn of phrase that made her, she said afterward, “jolly cross.”
Then again, she added with characteristic pragmatism, “If you write these things, you have to lump it.”
Does anyone under 40 still say "Cross" to mean angry?
lump
1.
a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a
definite or regular shape.
"there was a lump of ice floating in the milk"
2.
informal•British
"‘Working?’ ‘Only on the lump, here and there’"
1.
"Hong Kong and Bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures"
2.
British
carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty.
"the coalman had to lump one-hundredweight sacks right through the house"
"Kick rocks" is an informal colloquial expression in English that is often used as a way of telling someone to go away or leave. It can be used to dismiss someone, express frustration, or indicate that someone is not welcome.Jan 24, 2020
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