Easy to resume doing after a long break, as of a previously learned skill. I was shocked that I instinctually remembered how to knit after all these years. I guess it's like riding a bike. If you had a lot of swim lesson as a kid, I bet swimming will be just like riding a bike for you. I actually couldn't really ride a bike as an adult—I just couldn't get the balance part together. For me, riding a bike was not, in fact, just like riding a bike!

Wasting time on peripheral, usually trivial matters. A reference to British historian C. Northcote Parkinson's "law of triviality," the assertion that people tend to focus disproportionately on insignificant, marginal issues. (His hypothetical example was of people planning a nuclear power plant who would spend the majority of their time planning the power plant's bike shed instead.) You guys are too focused on choosing the right font for the app, considering there are pretty obvious bugs that need fixing. Come on, enough with the bikeshedding! There's no correct way to hang Christmas lights, so quit bikeshedding and decorate the house already! Wait, the boss is upset that the color on the sign is less clementine and more apricot? Well, since they're very similar shades of orange, this sounds like a case of bikeshedding to me.

To become angry or irritated. Primarily heard in Australia, Ireland. Don't get off your bike—I wasn't trying to insult you. Hey, don't get off your bike! I'm not the one who started the rumor about you! I don't know why you're getting off your bike—it was just a joke!

To go out in pursuit of a job. Primarily heard in UK. You really need to get on your bike before all of your money runs out. Because I could sense that the company wasn't doing well, I got on my bike proactively. The office is closing, so I have to get on my bike for the first time in 10 years.

Go away and stop being annoying. (Often stylized as "on yer bike!") God, what a dreadful pun—on your bike! All right kids, on yer bikes, you're starting to get on my nerves!

vulgar slang A promiscuous female. (A town's communal bicycle would be ridden by many people.) I'm not surprised he slept with Nicole. That girl's basically the town bicycle. Why am I the "town bicycle" when Jack, who—newsflash—has slept with twice as many people as me, is revered as a stud?

vulgar slang A promiscuous female. (A village's communal bicycle would be ridden by many people.) I'm not surprised he slept with Nicole. That girl's basically the village bicycle. Why am I the "village bicycle" when Jack, who—newsflash—has slept with twice as many people as me, is revered as a stud?

Sl. imperative. Get out of here!; Get on your bike and get out! What a bad joke! No puns allowed here! On your bike! That was a ridiculous remark. Go to your room!

If someone gets off their bike, they become so angry or upset that they cannot control themselves. It was just an accident — there's no need to get off your bike!

People sometimes say on your bike to tell someone angrily to go away. Go on, on your bike, mate! Note: This expression is sometimes spelled `on yer bike', to represent an informal pronunciation of `your'. I've had enough! On yer bike!