Meanings
phrase
- euphemisticidiomaticIndicates one's own pregnancy, or that someone has found out they are pregnant.
Robin finally was able to announce: "Good news! The rabbit died!" She said she was thrilled and that everybody was happy for her except her mother.
1993, Maurice Apprey, Intersubjectivity, Projective Identification, and Otherness, page 153
Origin
Referring to the rabbit test.
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