live over the brush

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cohabit without being married. Northern-England,idiomatic
    — I know what people think about the North. They think it's all muck and living over the brush with women like Elsie Tanner.

词形变化

lives over the brush present,singular,third-person living over the brush participle,present lived over the brush participle,past lived over the brush past

词源

Possibly ultimately derived from broomstick wedding, with broomstick meaning ersatz or sham. Often said to be derived from early British or Romani wedding practices, in which a couple could become married outside the Church by leaping a broom or brush, but no evidence exists for such a ceremony.
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