Flat Out Like A Lizard Drinking Edit Meaning

1.

To be, or have been, hard at work. Originating in Australia.

"G'day mate, how ya been?"

"Mate! I've been flat out like a lizard drinking! This is hard yakka! I've been working on it for yonks!"

See flat out like a lizard drinking, work, yakka, busy, hard work

2.

1. verb/simile. To be working really hard, or so under the pump that you've found yourself dehydrated.

2. verb/simile. (sarcastic) Doing nothing at all.

1. How are ya, mate?

Oh, dude, I'm flat out like a lizard drinking.

Up for a brewskie later then?

Yeah, for sure.

2. How are ay, mate?

Oh, dude, I'm flat out like a lizard drinking.

Yeah righto, come out for a brewskie then.

Orright, seeya in a sec.

See fucking the dog, busy, shirk

3.

Adj. Simile. To be extremely busy to the point of running "flat out," a play on words involving the image of a lizard that physically stretches itself thin to literally drink water from a pond etc.

Slacking off? Are you kidding, mate? I'm flat out like a lizard drinking.

See busy, lazy, involved