fly the blue pigeon

fly the blue pigeon
   1. to steal lead
   Usually from the roof of a church, where the birds might congregate, and from the colour of the metal, shortened in slang to Uuey:
    And there's the bluey... the lead from the pipes and the roofs like of churches. (L. Thomas, 1981)
   2. British
   to be a malingerer
   A naval pun on swing the lead.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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