Meaning of flat stick | Babel Free

Definitions

Extremely busy or fast-paced.

Australia, New-Zealand

Examples

“I've been digging around for some stuff for you. Unfortunately we're a bit pushed for time at the moment as we're heading back to the homeland—New Zealand—via Britain & Europe—so what with packing our stuff up and getting that off and trying to make the odd arrangement for travel we've been "flat stick."”

“"Only thing is, I'm flat stick. Can't get onto it until the end of the month. You wanna courtesy car?"”

“You start your career through sevens. It's such a great way to learn the game. It's flat stick and you have to make decisions under pressure. It's a fast-track to becoming a very good rugby player.”

“At 9am on a Wednesday morning it's flat stick at Jet Patel's cafe, Kanteen. It's the second rush of the morning – a bunch of Wellington office workers already got their fix a few hours before.”

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