Phrases & SayingsPeople and character
more hide than a rhinoceros
Also: more hide than a rhino
Exceptionally cheeky or presumptuous.
In a sentence
He’s got more hide than a rhinoceros asking again.
Where it came from
A comic comparison between shamelessness and the rhinoceros’s thick hide. Australian evidence supports the expression without fixing an exclusive origin.
- First recorded
- 2012
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia-wide