"for Britain" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              44,
              55
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          ],
          "ref": "2011 April 30, Jane Moore, The Second Wives Club: a fast-paced, witty and wonderfully funny romantic comedy you won’t be able to stop reading..., Random House, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "'Jake, you were out for the count, sleeping for Britain, while your little sister – who was relying on you to look after her – was terrified at being left alone.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              120,
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          ],
          "ref": "2012 September 18, Suraiya Khan, Someone to Watch over Me, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 81:",
          "text": "'God, I thought we'd never get away from the old bat, only got talking about the sleepover, and she was all ears, chats for Britain old Gwen does.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              70,
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          ],
          "ref": "2012 December 1, Margaret Murphy, Dying Embers, Hachette UK, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'You'd be good,' Geri said. 'You've got the looks, and you could talk for Britain.'\nAdèle laughed. 'I was always getting in trouble for gabbing in your lessons, wasn't I?'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              33,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013 May 31, Ruth Briddon, Being Sarah Chilton: (A Guide for All Mums When the sh*t Hits the Fan), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Michelle is lovely but she talks for Britain. I wanted to shout 'Shut the fuck up Michelle!'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              19,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014 February 13, Paul Allen, Grinning At The Edge: A Biography of Alan Ayckbourn, A&C Black, →ISBN:",
          "text": "But Alan can sleep for Britain. He was unwakeable.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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              183,
              194
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 January 28, Paul A. Mendelson, The Makings of Emily Jensen: Tales of Birth, Death and the Weird Stuff In-Between, Book Guild Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"That's for sure. Well, let's hope they're hungry.\"\nHe could sense Janie lightening up as she went back into the kitchen.\n\" When aren't they?\" she said. \"You know them – they can eat for Britain.[…]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very well or for a long time."
      ],
      "id": "en-for_Britain-en-prep_phrase-qXGV2juI",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, idiomatic) Very well or for a long time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "for England"
        },
        {
          "word": "for Ireland"
        },
        {
          "word": "for Scotland"
        },
        {
          "word": "for Wales"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Britain."
      ],
      "id": "en-for_Britain-en-prep_phrase-A7VvLTRP",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ],
        [
          "Britain",
          "Britain#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for Britain"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2011 April 30, Jane Moore, The Second Wives Club: a fast-paced, witty and wonderfully funny romantic comedy you won’t be able to stop reading..., Random House, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "'Jake, you were out for the count, sleeping for Britain, while your little sister – who was relying on you to look after her – was terrified at being left alone.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              120,
              131
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2012 September 18, Suraiya Khan, Someone to Watch over Me, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 81:",
          "text": "'God, I thought we'd never get away from the old bat, only got talking about the sleepover, and she was all ears, chats for Britain old Gwen does.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              70,
              81
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2012 December 1, Margaret Murphy, Dying Embers, Hachette UK, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'You'd be good,' Geri said. 'You've got the looks, and you could talk for Britain.'\nAdèle laughed. 'I was always getting in trouble for gabbing in your lessons, wasn't I?'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013 May 31, Ruth Briddon, Being Sarah Chilton: (A Guide for All Mums When the sh*t Hits the Fan), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Michelle is lovely but she talks for Britain. I wanted to shout 'Shut the fuck up Michelle!'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014 February 13, Paul Allen, Grinning At The Edge: A Biography of Alan Ayckbourn, A&C Black, →ISBN:",
          "text": "But Alan can sleep for Britain. He was unwakeable.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              183,
              194
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 January 28, Paul A. Mendelson, The Makings of Emily Jensen: Tales of Birth, Death and the Weird Stuff In-Between, Book Guild Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "\"That's for sure. Well, let's hope they're hungry.\"\nHe could sense Janie lightening up as she went back into the kitchen.\n\" When aren't they?\" she said. \"You know them – they can eat for Britain.[…]\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very well or for a long time."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, idiomatic) Very well or for a long time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "for England"
        },
        {
          "word": "for Ireland"
        },
        {
          "word": "for Scotland"
        },
        {
          "word": "for Wales"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Britain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ],
        [
          "Britain",
          "Britain#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "for Britain"
}