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- have a Chinaman on (one's) back
have a Chinaman on (one's) back
have a Chinaman on (one's) back
To suffer from an addiction to narcotics or the withdrawal symptoms caused by it. A derogatory phrase, it likely refers to opium's classical association with Southeast Asia. Having that Chinaman on her back has kept Janet out of work for years. I want to get clean and turn my life around, but having this Chinaman on my back is absolute torture.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sawyer | | ['sɔ:jə] | |
Lovise | | - | Danish, Norwegian |
Storm | | STORM (English) | English (Modern), Danish, Norwegian |
Posy | | PO-zee | English |
Oier | | - | Basque |
Marie | | ['mɑ:ri(:)] | |