DETERMINED Rachel dances on Picture: MATT HOLYOAK; VOTE WINNER
Clod-hopper John Sergeant; CRYING SHAME Tears as she waits for verdict; TWIRL POWER With Vincent; ARLENE; BRUNO; LEN; CRAIG
Cloth, clod, and clot, and clay too, have often been tied to terms for stupidity and clumsiness, such as cloth-eared, cloth-head,
clod-hopper, clodpole, and clay-brained.
Gayle was a clumsy
clod-hopper. But on a barmy afternoon at Wembley he scored two stupendous goals to win Blues a silver pot.
When he buzzes around, materialising on the edge of every unfolding phase of action, he seems to run at a slicker, smoother speed than the welly-wearing
clod-hoppers buffering him.
He was not only still a major star but also had a reputation for being extremely moody and treating those whom he considered to be incompetent as irredeemable
clod-hoppers. I would clearly come into the latter category.
In his day bobbies routinely pounded their beat in size 12
clod-hoppers - or, at a stretch, on a push-bike.
The battle of the twinkle-toed and the
clod-hoppers is likely to prove addictive entertainment...
Those hefty
clod-hoppers should help keep her feet on the ground.
One of the exquisite agonies of betting on jump racing, as compared with the Flat, is that there is so much more time during a race to realise you should have placed your money elsewhere - particularly if you've backed one of the labouring
clod-hoppers who's rapidly disappearing out of shot at the back of the field.
Only, as the many
clod-hoppers among us will testify, it's in some people a lot more than others.
He could barely raise himself from his seat on the touchline to berate his mixture of clones, clowns and
clod-hoppers.
In fact, when he buzzes around, materialising on the edge of every unfolding phase of action, he seems to run at a slicker, smoother speed than the welly-wearing
clod-hoppers buffering him.
If you haven't got a pair of these ankle-strapped
clod-hoppers this autumn, you won't be hip!
But when
clod-hoppers like me try to throw themselves into a spot of Latin passion, legs are tied in knots.
WHO is the owner of these gigantic pair of
clod-hoppers (pictured right)?
