twist one’s cap back
v. phr.— «Did Ad drag his arse out of the pub long enough to mix an effective enough rhyme cocktail to twist Pizon’s cap back? Or will Pizon rip through Ad like a newbie in a NY jail?» —“Saggin Tit Season—Pizon vs Adrunk” by Timid Usenet: alt.rap Aug. 27, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In English, we may express regret colloquially with the rhyming phrase Shoulda, woulda, coulda! German speakers also use a rhyming phrase to suggest the same idea: Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette!, which translates literally as “If only, if only, bicycle...
Rose in Lebanon, Virginia recalls a phrase passed down from her great-grandmother: The night before the first day of school, parents would come into the children’s bedroom and say in a singsong voice: School butter, school butter. This expression...