off the back of a lorry

Meaning

1. goods that fell off the back of a lorry were probably stolen. People say or accept that they came' off the back of a lorry' to avoid saying or asking where they really came from.

From the same entry

• at the back of your mind
• the back of beyond
• back to back
• back to front
• be glad, to see the back of
• behind back
• be on back
• break the back of
• get back up
• get off back
• have back
• have your back to the wall