suck the mop | Idiomator

Meaning: (slang,idiomatic)To be left in adisadvantageousposition.1987, John Barth,The Tidewater Tales, page426:Kathy says Much obliged, but what I don't appreciate about this piece of moral news is the pairing of successful writer with sexy hotshot lit prof, which leaves us pregnant librarians and failed playwrightssucking the mop.; (slang,idiomatic,UK,obsolete)Of abus: to be deliberately boxed in by another so as to lose the opportunity to pick uppassengers.1867,Banter, number 1, page81:"Now then, poppy-head:" — this to the conductor of a rival omnibus before us — "how long am I to go onsucking the mop?"

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