off the back of a lorry informal , auch: off the back of a truck AusE

What they do fall off the back of a lorry?

A beer barrel struck him on the head after bouncing off the back of a lorry.

'They sometimes look as if they've fallen off the back of a lorry.'

'And how do we know that everything in this dump hasn't fallen off the back of a lorry?'

Somewhere along the line Montague had learned a valuable lesson: that money can fall off the back of a lorry.

Two barrels of chemicals felt off the back of a lorry without the driver noticing.

A number might buy a personal hi-fi they suspected 'came off the back of a lorry', but would never purchase goods burgled from a family.

"It Fell off the Back of a Lorry" - 3:21

The one he bought ahead of time off the back of a lorry from Tezza Venables.

which I suppose is one better than sayin' it fell off the back of a lorry.

In terms of excuses, the jury was told, it was second only to the old chestnut that 'it fell off the back of a lorry'.

As Banks watched them unload new stock from the vans, he speculated how much of the goods were stolen, fallen off the back of a lorry.

A man who bought crates off the back of a lorry in Russia for firewood finds that they contain 79 Kalashnikov assault rifles and parts.

When Mike and Sally bring home something that has 'fallen off the back of a lorry', Sid warns them about mixing with villains like 'Fingers' Toplock.

I'm sure he's dealt with stuff that fell off the back of a lorry before, but the Fletcher's warehouse job is his first big bit of fencing, we're sure ofthat.

He was only 18 years old, but was making quite a market on the side in watches and jewellery that he would jokingly claim "had fallen off the back of a lorry".

Thieves helped themselves to a number of televisions off the back of a lorry parked at Woodside Cafe, at Knayton, near Thirsk, while the driver had his breakfast.

Your first task as manager is to pick musicians for your band (see below), and then whether you'll buy them brand new equipment or, get some dodgy gear off the back of a lorry.

The bird, which had fallen off the back of a lorry in Leeds, West Yorks, was so solid it tore a hole in the sump of his Fiat Panda.

Denim followed Back in Denim with the 1996 release of Denim on Ice, which was preceded by a single "It Fell Off The Back Of A Lorry".

A stadium has stood on the site since 1955, but the original fell into disrepair in the 1980s and became a flea market notorious for goods that may or may not have fallen off the back of a lorry.

Tom Paulin, Liberty Tree, including "Desertmartin", "Off the Back of a Lorry" and "A Written Answer", Faber and Faber, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom

written [1]; the book itself contains in the Acknowledgements the line "I'd like to remind everyone that while talent borrows and genius steals, New Adventure writers get it off the back of a lorry, no questions asked."

Two or three years ago, he used to have a stall in Eastvale market, Banks remembered, right in front of the police station, where he blithely sold videos and CDs that in all likelihood had "fallen off the back of a lorry."

Terence Brook, who was hired after being noted for his "tough-guy" appearance in a Strand cigarettes advertisement, was doubled by editor and second unit director David Elliott for a stunt sequence in which gang member Harry jumps off the back of a lorry.