Meaning A coy reference to an item that has been stolen.
Usage Britain.
Example
- That iPad I just bought in the pub was really cheap. Best not to ask me where it came from. Let's just say it fell off the back of a lorry.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Fell off the back of a lorry
What does "Fell off the back of a lorry" mean?
A coy reference to an item that has been stolen.
Fell off the back of a lorry
Britain, mid/late 20th century. The USA has a ‘fell off the back of a truck’ variant.