(simile) Very stiff.

(UK, intransitive, slang) To turn a deaf ear. / (UK, intransitive, slang) To pretend not to have heard something.

present participle of dig oneself in a hole

present participle of dust off a batter

present participle of cock a deaf 'un

(simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper

(simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper

(Northern England, Liverpudlian) to be in a bad mood; be grumpy

(idiomatic, dated, usually in a negative use) To care (at all).

(African-American Vernacular) (It, he, she) is not important; it doesn't matter.