What the hell is the basis of this ***** street when talking of taking a punch?

Just means in trouble

 

If you keep making threads like this you'll be looking for your teeth two blocks up on ***** Street

 

It's an old-time boxing expression that has become a rarity.

 

It's an old phrase, probably before ***** meant Emile Griffith.

 

didn't know that you're a big ellerbe fan

 

Tyrone Everett was always on ***** street, but pretended he wasn't.

 

"**** it, it's only a bit of harmless fun. Slap me down for Mosley".

...Big mistake but at least I didn't get destroyed like some of the fella's on ESB. Rudyard showed pity.

 

Didn't realise that the Marquis of Queensbury was a Greek, thanks for the info :thumbsup

 

Marquess of Queensbury were the basis for the standardized rules of modern boxing as we know it.you know.the kind with rounds and time limits and knockdowns.all that **** that keeps fighters from dying more often than in greece when they simply wrapped their hands in leather straps and fought naked.unless you want to go back to that,the resident ESB brits have a valid claim.

 

Given that you are trying to discribe something as "cupcakey" I'm not shocked you're on a different wave length on this one.

P.s. I'm not going to bother looking it up but to my knowledge ***** means off, wossy, sickly and not feeling very well. Hence, I'f you read older, turn of the century novels you'll see expressions like "I'm feeling a little ***** today".