You're nicked
Posted by Valeriy on November 03, 2006
In Reply to: You're nicked posted by David FG on October 31, 2006
: : Please could you tell me where the phrase "you're nicked" comes from?
: It is, I think, a variant on the theme of 'you're pinched' or 'copped'.
: 'Nicked' also being slang for 'stolen' or 'taken'.
: DFG
Does it mean "arrested", "jailed" or just trapped in a difficult situation (for example, when one obediently follows the orders of the superiors and a s result finds oneself in a difficult situation abandoned by those superiors on one's own)?
- You're nicked David FG 03/November/06
- You're nicked Valeriy 06/November/06
- Caught / taken Lewis 09/November/06
- You're nicked Valeriy 06/November/06