Bill Stickers is innocent In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Bill Stickers is innocent", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Evelyn Nguyen calendar 2020-12-18 11:12

Meaning of Bill Stickers is innocent

Bill Stickers is innocent humorous

It is a play on words that is based on “Bill Stickers…” notices.
 

Origin of Bill Stickers is innocent

Warning notices were put up with the legend "Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
(Source: Internet)

In the 1960s, people in the UK made an attempt to reduce Fly-posting (sticking illegal posters or notices on public walls, fence, etc.) and warning notices were put up with the legend 'Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted'. Then waggish fly posters were made with 'Bill Stickers is Innocent' notices as a pun on "Bill Stickers..."

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swallow the bait

If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.

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