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To be, or have been, hard at work. Originating in Australia.
"G'day mate, how ya been?"

"Mate! I've been flat out like a lizard drinking! This is hard yakka! I've been working on it for yonks!"
by G'day and Well Hey January 21, 2009
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Mike says: Hey are you down to go to the movie tonight.

Rashad says: I'm down like four flat tires on a dump truck.
by Larry Scott January 3, 2008
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"Are you busy, Mike?"

"Busy! I'm flat out like a lizard drinkin!"
by Lizard Drinkin May 21, 2005
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Some one who wears there hat with a flat bill backwards. Wigger.
Rodney is a flat-bill-hat-a-puss.
by twohearts May 12, 2009
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Adj. Simile. To be extremely busy to the point of running "flat out," a play on words involving the image of a lizard that physically stretches itself thin to literally drink water from a pond etc.
Slacking off? Are you kidding, mate? I'm flat out like a lizard drinking.
by TheBadSanta November 2, 2008
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In a hurry, rushing.
"I had to get to the hospital, I was going flat out like a lizard drinkin'"
by Lizard Drinkin May 21, 2005
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1. verb/simile. To be working really hard, or so under the pump that you've found yourself dehydrated.

2. verb/simile. (sarcastic) Doing nothing at all.
1. How are ya, mate?
Oh, dude, I'm flat out like a lizard drinking.
Up for a brewskie later then?
Yeah, for sure.

2. How are ay, mate?
Oh, dude, I'm flat out like a lizard drinking.
Yeah righto, come out for a brewskie then.
Orright, seeya in a sec.
by Ryan Paine February 16, 2008
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