
Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
.@kynohy. It is, like 'Berk', based on rhyming slang. 'Michael' leads to 'Mickey' which then leads to 'Mickey Bliss' (whoever he was, probably a friend of Ruby Murray). Which in turn rhymes withthe lst word in a well-known but crude phrase or saying. — PolitiTweet.org
Ky @kynohy
@ClarkeMicah @DavidKennerly Thanks for a new (to me) idiomatic phrase "the Michael out of...". Interesting.