Iliff-King phrasebook
definition
turn the knob on your side expression or saying
Consciously unhelpful advice to someone struggling to get a door open. The ritual reply is “I haven’t got a knob on my side”
Origin
From a Goon Show, collected from a BU Rowing Club chum
Collector
M & N – 1970s
Mark & Naomi
Notes
Eccles: How do I get over to where you are?
Bluebottle: Turn the knob on your side.
Eccles looks forlornly down at his hips.
Eccles: But I don’t have a knob on my side.
(script by Spike Milligan)
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