(a) runny tummy

(a) runny tummy
   diarrhoea
   Referring to the looseness of the stool rather than running to a lavatory. Also as the runs:
    ... don't eat any of those gaddam grapes... they'll give you the runs. (Price, 1978)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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