Meaning of suck the mop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be left in a disadvantageous position.
   idiomatic, slang
2. Of a bus: to be deliberately boxed in by another so as to lose the opportunity to pick up passengers.
   UK, idiomatic, obsolete, slang

Examples

“Kathy says Much obliged, but what I don't appreciate about this piece of moral news is the pairing of successful writer with sexy hotshot lit prof, which leaves us pregnant librarians and failed playwrights sucking the mop.”

“"Now then, poppy-head:" — this to the conductor of a rival omnibus before us — "how long am I to go on sucking the mop?"”

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