Idiom: Black as Newgate's knocker

Idiom Definitions for 'Black as Newgate's knocker'

If things are as black as Newgate's knocker, they are very bad. Newgate was an infamous prison in England, so its door knocker meant trouble.

British EnglishBritish English | Category: Colours

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