for Britain
prep_phraseEtymology Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.
- 'You'd be good,' Geri said. 'You've got the looks, and you could talk for Britain.' Adèle laughed. 'I was always getting in trouble for gabbing in your lessons, wasn't I?'2012 December 1, Margaret Murphy, Dying Embers, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Britain.