PHRASE EXPLAINED
Kiss the mistress: Meaning to shoot right into the eye of a target. From the game of bowls where what is now called the jack used to be called ‘the mistress’. If one ball just touches another, it’s said to kiss it.
Kiss the mistress: Meaning to shoot right into the eye of a target. From the game of bowls where what is now called the jack used to be called ‘the mistress’. If one ball just touches another, it’s said to kiss it.