queer as a clockwork orange
Meaning
Adjective
Related
Similar words
- queer as a nine bob note, queer as a three dollar bill, queer as a coot
Origin
- Cockney phrase from East London indicating something bizarre internally, but appearing natural and normal on the surface. Author Anthony Burgess appropriated the phrase for the title of his novella A Clockwork Orange.
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