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fall off the back of a truck
Verb
Australia
US
euphemistic
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
違法または疑わしい手段(闇市場で取引されるなど)で入手された商品を指す表現です。 / 不正な方法で流通する商品、つまり盗品や違法に流通している商品のことを示します。
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( past )
( participle past )
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(idiomatic, Australia, US, euphemistic) Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
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fall off the back of a truck
Don't ask too many questions about how he acquired the watches; he always says they fall off the back of a truck.
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Don't ask too many questions about how he acquired the watches; he always says they fall off the back of a truck.
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