Her abrupt departure from the wedding ceremony was a fine how-d'ye-do.

Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […]

But we ain't found a soul what knows you, honey-love, I am so frightful sorry to say.

to get one's day in court, to have one's day in court