Be jolly hockey sticks British humorous
Used to indicate upper-class girls or women who behave in a passionate and enthusiastic way that irritates others
I'm not patient enough to talk with girls who are jolly hockey sticks.
She is jolly hockey sticks, and honestly she's not my type.
Used to describe someone who is good at persuading people to do or believe something
Show fortitude, and determination of character
It means people cannot change their nature like personalities, habits, etc.
A despicable person who does unscrupulous or immoral things
Someone is not as bad, cruel, maleficent as they are said or believed to be.
This term should be conjugated according to its subject and tense.
Hockey is a popular and favored sport in English girls’ public schools, so that the image "jolly hockey stick(s)" is used to indicate or represent upper or upper-middle-class speech or people related to a classic type of English public schoolgirl, especially to express ones who are noisily enthusiastic, eager, etc.
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.