break the Queen’s English —(also: break the King’s English) speak incorrectly owing to lack of skill:
- Every Berliner feels exalted when a real English jockey speaks to him and gives him an opportunity of breaking the Queen’s English.
clip the Queen’s English —(dated sl., also: clip the King’s English) pronounce words hurriedly and indistinctly when drunk:
- He was pretty far overcome by the Champaign, for he clipped the Queen’s English.