(Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) Said on the first day of a new month, while pinching and punching someone as a prank (especially by children). The victim may respond with "a flick and a kick for being so quick" and the original attacker may reply with "a punch in the eye for being so sly".

(idiomatic) Lacking reality and serviceability. / (idiomatic) Of a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.

(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.

(intransitive) To convert to Anglicanism.

(colloquial, idiomatic) Something or someone that a person has not seen for a long time and that which evokes nostalgic feelings.

(idiomatic) Very fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.

Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater

(idiomatic) For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; or to relieve boredom.

(idiomatic) To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

Any theory attempting to explain the process by which individuals explain the causes of behaviour and events.