off the horn
English
Prepositional phrase
off the horn
- (humorous) Used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.
- 1955, Helen Ostler Wilson, Land of My Children (page 5)
- […] the butcher's joint of beef was undoubtedly a cut off the horn.
- 1955, Helen Ostler Wilson, Land of My Children (page 5)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary