Nah! It means like a women who is pretending to be virtuous while she's knickerless (panty-less), and in reality - easy. In your case, protesting that you can't go till enough people encourage you to or beg you, while all the time you had every intention of going :-)

It's an old "scouse" expression - we love hyperbole.

Oops, btw, that should have been "handbag" - I think what you guys erroneously call "purse", which to us is a small case to put money in.

>Not sure what that phrase actually means, but I think it means, "are you being a cheapskate".
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>Let's say I fly down just for a couple of days and one night.
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>Airfare - 250
>Hotel - 60
>Food - 50
>Rental car - 60
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>We're looking at over $400. Could I do that? Yes, but I'd rather use that for travel when I go to Germany.
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>>You're not "playing hard-to-get with your knickers in your handbad" are you? :-)