Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yesterday's fish and chips

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: yes-ter-day's -fish and chips
IPA

43

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To begin with it has a powerful aroma of yesterday's fish and chips. The school was held well over four and one-half years ago […]"
"However there was no way that this story was ever going to become “yesterday's fish and chips”. It just went on and on."

Etymology

Referring to the use of newspaper to wrap fish and chips.

Usage

Questions

What does yesterday's fish and chips mean?: Old news.
Where does yesterday's fish and chips come from?: Referring to the use of newspaper to wrap fish and chips.

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