verb (common).—To translate into plain English. Cf., BOIL DOWN.
1881. PAYN, A Grape from a Thorn, ch. xxx. ‘I shall repose the greatest confidence in you, my dear girl, which one human being can entrust to another.’ was one of its sentences, which, when it came ‘to be FRIED,’ meant that she should delegate to her the duties of combing Fido and cutting her canary’s claws.
GO AND FRY YOUR FACE, phr. (common).—A retort expressive of incredulity, derision, or contempt.
