phrase General Slang

cracking the flags

· phrase · scouse

Boiling hot weather — sun so fierce the pavement's splitting.

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Extremely hot weather. The image is the sun beating down so hard the flagstones (pavement slabs) are splitting. Reserved for genuine rare Liverpool heatwaves — not a mild May afternoon.

“Get the garden chairs out, it's cracking the flags today.”
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cracking the flags In A Sentence

Get the garden chairs out, it's cracking the flags today.

Origin & Usage

Variants crackin' the flags
Tags #scouse#liverpool#weather#british

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What does cracking the flags mean?

It describes boiling hot weather — sun so fierce the pavement flagstones seem to be splitting.

How do you use cracking the flags in a sentence?

"Get the fan out — it's cracking the flags out there today."

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