A coastal resort in New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney. It is noted for its popular beach.
邦迪(澳大利亚新南威尔士州、悉尼郊外的一座海边旅游胜地,以备受青睐的海滩著称)
Phrases
give someone Bondi
dated, informal Attack someone savagely.
Snowy got Maxie in a corner and began to give him Bondi
Example sentencesExamples
When larrikins, approach the police now in a belligerent attitude it is their custom to threaten to give them "Bondi".
I quote this instance of the unpopularity of the "force," not as on the level of "Give 'em Bondi," but as manifesting at the time a genuine and general popular revulsion to the irritating innovation!
Many a push battle was called in the dark, to the cry of 'Give 'em Bondi!', a memorial echo of defiance.
He anticipates that his former constituents will give him Bondi.
She went round the room breaking up furniture, and encouraged the brutal bullies to "give him Bondi."
shoot through like a Bondi tram
informal Depart or pass by hastily.
one man shot through like a Bondi tram and then a couple of others quickly followed suit
Example sentencesExamples
By the time I actually had a look and noticed the disaster on my plate, the waitress had shot through like a Bondi tram.
He didn't even wait to say goodbye—just shot through like a Bondi tram.
She was off like a Bondi tram as fast as her little paws would carry her down the garden.
Rusty took off like a Bondi Tram and no matter how many times we asked him to slow down he didn't.
"We were given the order to fix bayonets and charge, and then the bludgers shot off like a Bondi tram."
Ralph said the man took off "like a Bondi tram" and if he had his Bren gun he would have "stitched him up quick".
I'm not getting confrontational to divert my attention away from my Dad shooting through like a Bondi tram.
I told him I got on the wrong frequency, and he just shot through like a Bondi tram.