don't be a lemon

Don't be silly

Ben: I don't think I'm gonna come to the pub tonight
Rit: Don't be a lemon

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Don't get lemon

The use of lemon in this phrase is abbreviated from the cockney rhyming slang 'lemon tart'

lemon tart = smart

Example 1
"Don't get lemon with me son, or I'll take you outside and cut you open"

Example 2
Dumb arse gooner hater ain't so lemon now!

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Don't get lemon

"Don't get lemon" - simply means 'don't get loud' in cockney slang. Usually used in london pubs when the bloke wearing the stone island jacket gets vexed with some mug at the bar.

"Don't get lemon you gooner mug, or i'll cut your fucking jacobs off"

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