The Bill will cross the lobbies
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Be sent from the House of Commons to the House of Lords.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Bill will cross the lobbies” mean?
Be sent from the House of Commons to the House of Lords.
Is “The Bill will cross the lobbies” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.