no show without Punch

phrase

Etymology

A reference to the Punch puppet in a Punch and Judy show.

Definitions

  1. A show or endeavor cannot proceed without its star or main purpose.

    • I was concerned I might be skirting just the wrong side of late and was relieved to see the main man only just on his way in too. No show without Punch, after all.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for no show without Punch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA