as the actress said to the bishop
English
Phrase
as the actress said to the bishop
- (humorous) used to highlight a sexual ambiguity in an innocent remark
- Heavens, that's a big one – as the actress said to the bishop.
- 1976, David Widgery, The Left in Britain:
- The important thing was where you do it, not what you do (as the actress said to the bishop)
- 1998, Timothy White, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- "Oh, well," offered Andrews wryly, as she peeled a piece of fruit, "nothing like a hot banana — as the actress said to the bishop." She then apologized for the tacky sexual quip, explaining, "It just slipped out — as the actress said to the bishop."
- 1999, Michael Sprinker, Ghostly demarcations: a symposium on Jacques Derrida's Spectres of Marx:
- He has, as the actress said to the bishop, been an unconscionably long time coming, […]
See also
- double entendre / double-entendre
- euphemism
- innuendo
- oo-er
- ooh, matron
- nudge nudge wink wink
- that's what she said