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Old 22-Sep-2007, 12:18
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You can get the definition of the idiom here.
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Old 22-Sep-2007, 14:58
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My answer was right,Tdol
Thank you for this wonderful and new idiom

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Old 11-Aug-2008, 13:09
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Hooray! I hit it too!
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Anyone seen the original Police Academy... Mahoney is wearing this on a T-Shirt near the begining.
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Old 28-Nov-2008, 15:26
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Default Re: Bun in the oven

A similar idiom (I mean, with the same meaning) is 'in the club' (an abbreviated form of "in the pudding club" - which is rarely if ever used).

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Old 07-Dec-2008, 18:18
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A similar idiom (I mean, with the same meaning) is 'in the club' (an abbreviated form of "in the pudding club" - which is rarely if ever used).

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"Up the duff" is in some way linked to that phrase too. Don't ask me how. Something to do with duff pudding, which I've never even heard of.
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Old 07-Dec-2008, 19:04
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Default Re: Bun in the oven

Of course, depending on her circumstances, someone with a bun in the oven could be in a bit of trouble, and she's been busy doing SOMETHING!
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Old 07-Mar-2009, 23:33
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Being a father of 6, I think I know this one.
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Hurrah, I got it right as well!
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have a bun in the oven (informal, humorous) to be pregnant

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have a bun in the oven
informal : to be pregnant
▪ Rumor has it, she has a bun in the oven.

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