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The full expression is "Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it." In other words, "let's try [an idea] and see how people react." Another variant is "Let's put it in a saucer and see if the cat licks it up." These kind of phrases are primarily associated with glib advertising speak of the early 1960s.
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When was Run It Up the Flagpole created?
Run It Up the Flagpole was created on 2009-09-01.
What song contains the phrase run it up a flagpole?
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
What the idiom on the up and up mean?
It means things are trustworthy.
What does the idiom slip up mean?
To make a mistake
What is the idiom on the block mean?
About to be sold, or given up.
What does the idiom turn your nose up mean?
say no to it
What does the idiom Put a sock in it mean?
It means shut up!
What does this idiom mean Butter your mom up?
flatter her to get something
What does the idiom hang on mean?
To keep struggling and not give up.
What does the idiom turned up mean?
he suddenly turned up (to appear, emarge)
What does the idiom break camp mean?
It's not an idiom. To break camp means to break it up, to pack your things and leave the area. It can be used as slang, however, to mean a group "packing up" and leaving.
What does th idiom to beef up mean?
to make something stronger ,,
