get up the yard

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von get up the yard im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

I disagree

Get lost!

Nonsense! I don't believe you

Silbentrennung

get up the Yard

Türkische aussprache

get ʌp dhi yärd

Aussprache

/ˈget ˈəp ᴛʜē ˈyärd/ /ˈɡɛt ˈʌp ðiː ˈjɑːrd/

Etymologie

() The earliest usage may be traced to a primary school in Dublin. Initially, in the 1960s, the phrase meant what it literally denoted: it was a command to get up the yard, the school yard at St. Pius X National School in , Dublin. The school wardens would yell at children who were in the wrong place to Get up the yard! away from the road.