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When did chewing the fat start?
January 1999
Chewin’ the Fat gave rise to the successful, and cult spin-off show Still Game, a sitcom focusing on the two elderly friends, Jack and Victor….
| Chewin’ The Fat | |
|---|---|
| Original release | Scotland: 13 January 1999 – 31 December 2005 UK: 23 June 2000 – 22 February 2002 |
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What is a sentence for the idiom chew the fat?
Meaning: v. talk socially without exchanging too much information. (1) Randall stayed chewing the fat for a while. (2) They met up once a year to chew the fat about the old days. (3) We sat in a bar most of the evening just chewing the fat.
Can and chewed the rag?
chew the fat, chew the rag ⇒ SLANG to argue over a point. to talk idly; gossip.
What does the saying chewing the fat mean?
Chat in a friendly, leisurely way, as in Let’s get together for coffee and chew the fat, or John and Dave spend hours just chewing the rag. Before the 1880s in Britain, chew the fat meant “to grumble or complain,” and chew the rag also has been used in this way.
Who is Ford Kiernan married to?
Lesley Kiernanm. 1995
Ford Kiernan/Spouse
What does the idiom up a creek mean?
In trouble, in a serious predicament, as in If the check doesn’t arrive today I’m up a creek, or The car wouldn’t start, so I was up the creek without a paddle. This slangy idiom conjures up the image of a stranded canoeist with no way of moving (paddling) the canoe.
Who was Sonny in Still Game?
Ford John
| Ford Kiernan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ford John Kiernan 10 January 1962 Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Comedian actor writer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Chewin’ The Fat Still Game Dear Green Place The Field of Blood Happy Hollidays |
What happened to Ford Kiernan son?
STILL Game star Ford Kiernan’s schoolboy son choked to death in a freak accident at home. Sonny, 12, was found in his bedroom by mum Lesley and comedian Ford at their Glasgow flat on Monday. A neighbour said last night: “It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.”