a bit on the side

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   the boyfriend or girlfriend of sb who is already married or in a steady sexual relationship with sb else

   to lose Give that letter to me It is none of your business With a husband at home and a bit on the side!

In the movies · 1

• to lose Give that letter to me It is none of your business With a husband at home and a bit on the side!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• It strikes me, it is a bit on the spartan side.Shadowlands1993
• He might be a bit on the slow side,Forrest Gump1994
• So, l already set up the crib a bit. You want this side or that side?Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009
• The house faces.“ REALTOR: Yeah, it's a little bit quiet on this side of the street...Poltergeist2015
• Well, I'm starting to remember that you have a bit of an extreme side.Cruella2021
• You'll find it a bit lonely on my side.Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• ...a bit on the psychopathic side.The Bad Seed1956

From the same entry

• be in bits
• the … bit
• bit by bit
• a bit much
• a bit of a
• a bit of all right
• a bit of rough
• bits and pieces
• do your bit
• every bit as good, bad
• get the bit between your teeth
• not a bit

More slang

• jack off
• get your knickers in a twist
• laugh it up
• tough break
• c'est la vie
• be on the game
• up and at em
• then you die
• what's the word
• shoot up
• wrap up
• get out of here