put the mockers on

put the mockers on
vb
British
to frustrate or jeopardise (someone's plans), to curse with bad luck. This old phrase was last popular in the 1960s, but is still heard occasionally. It almost certainly originates in the Yiddish mockers, meaning a curse or bad luck, from the Hebrew maches, meaning plague.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • put the mockers on something — put the ˈmockers on sth/sb idiom (BrE, informal) to stop sth from happening; to bring bad luck to sth/sb • We were going to have a barbecue but the rain put the mockers on that idea. Main entry: ↑mockers …   Useful english dictionary

  • put the mockers on somebody — put the ˈmockers on sth/sb idiom (BrE, informal) to stop sth from happening; to bring bad luck to sth/sb • We were going to have a barbecue but the rain put the mockers on that idea. Main entry: ↑mockers …   Useful english dictionary

  • put the mockers on Brit. — put the mockers on Brit. informal thwart or bring bad luck to. → mocks …   English new terms dictionary

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  • put the frighteners on (someone) — vb British to menace, threaten or intimidate (some one). An underworld and police expres sion employing a familiar form of words (as in put the bite/kybosh/mockers on) …   Contemporary slang

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  • mockers — UK [ˈmɒkə(r)z] US [ˈmɑkərz] noun british informal Phrase: put the mockers on …   Useful english dictionary

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