Originally Posted by
LeisureFirst
Perhaps the chorus of people who claim to find the post crystal-clear can explain this to me? I don't just mean a wild guess at one it means, but can you please parse it as it actually stands, with reasonable allowance for "British idiom"?
And just in case anyone is confused, the second quote above isn't by the same person as the first one, it is by the OP.
To quote from my earlier post on the subject
Originally Posted by Jenbel
The nice Mr Policeman turned up and gave her a jolly big row for not mentioning the incident.