two and eight
English
editNoun
edit- (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.