two and eight

noun

two and eight

noun

1

Cockney, Slang A state (of upset, worry).

I didn't get home until two in the morning, and me missus got herself into a right two and eight over it!
Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight.1963, H. E. Bates, Oh! To be in England:

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