my skull's afly

English

Phrase

my skull's afly

  1. (obsolete, idiomatic, slang) I'm awake; I'm alert; I know what's happening.[19th century.][1][2]

References
  1. John S. Farmer and W. E. Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, London: Routledge, 1905.
  2. Jonathon Green, Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, London: Cassell, 2000.
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