idiot box
noun
,
Slang.
1.
a television set; television.
Origin
1955-60
British Dictionary definitions for
idiot box
idiot box
noun
1.
(
slang
) a television set
Slang definitions & phrases for
idiot box
idiot box
noun phrase
A television set; television; the BOOB TUBE
(1959+)
Idioms and Phrases with
idiot box
idiot box
A television set, as in
There they sit in front of the idiot box, hour after hour
. This slangy and pejorative expression dates from about 1960.