WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?


Meaning of WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? in English

an old English nursery rhyme in which a group of animals talk about the death of a robin (= a small bird) and offer to help at his funeral. It may refer to the loss of political power of Robert Walpole in 1742.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.