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British Slang: Sling One's Hook

Sling your hook!: Get lost! Clear off! Out! To sling/take one's hook: To make oneself scarce, to beat a hasty retreat. Examples: – How was your date? – Oh, sling your hook Maggie. – Maggie: Or what? –

Sling your hook!:

Get lost! Clear off! Out!

To sling / take one's hook:

To make oneself scarce, to beat a hasty retreat.

Examples:

– How was your date?
– Oh, sling your hook Maggie.
– Maggie: Or what?
– Molly: Not a day to press your luck.

If you don't sling your hook this minute, here goes a pewter pot at your head.

Meanings from the English-Bulgarian dictionary:

Sling [sliŋ]:

To throw (with a sling), to hurl.

To suspend, to hang (a hammock, etc.).

To lift with a strap/rope.

Hook [huk]:

A hook, a clasp, a small hook (on a wire button).

A fishing rod (and fig.).

A crescent-shaped tool.

A sickle, a curved knife.

A sharp bend, a turn (of a river), geogr. a headland.

In golf and cricket – a cross stroke, in boxing – a short blow with a bent elbow.

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