borrow leg
v. phr.— «If I were you I would talk with her and if she doesn’t accept, brother borrow leg and run before we gather in your village to do funeral mass.» —“Re: Must We Make Love Every Day?” by funloving Nairaland Forum Dec. 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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