two and eight

English

Noun

two and eight

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A state (of upset, worry).

   I didn't get home until two in the morning, and me missus got herself into a right two and eight over it!

   • 1963, H. E. Bates, Oh! To be in England:

     Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight.