on the bung

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English[edit]

Prepositional phrase[edit]

on the bung

  1. (Australia, slang) Not working properly; kaput.
    • 2021, Doddie Weir, Stewart Weir, Doddie's Diary:
      […] and on the way back home on the train, drinking white wine out of plastic cups, I had to take a call from someone whose sewage system had gone on the bung.

References[edit]

  • Tony Thorne (2014) “on the bung”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury
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