From Max Tilley :
Sorry to correct David, but Buckley’s is Australian rhyming slang.
The idiom originates from a store in Melbourne called Buckley & Nunn and is therefore a pun
– ie you’ve two chances, Buckley’s and none.
Cheers.
From Max Tilley :
Sorry to correct David, but Buckley’s is Australian rhyming slang.
The idiom originates from a store in Melbourne called Buckley & Nunn and is therefore a pun
– ie you’ve two chances, Buckley’s and none.
Cheers.