and I claim my five pounds

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities. UK,humorous
    — "You are John Rigor Mortis Doe and I claim my five pounds!"

词源

After newspaper competitions, such as Lobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)
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