| 释义 |
tiswas slang.|ˈtɪzwɒz|
Also tis-was, tizz-wozz, etc.
[Perh. a fanciful enlargement of tizz, tiz.]
A state of nervous agitation or confusion; occas. a state of physical disorder or chaos.
1960M. Cecil Something in Common xvii. 195 Gets you all of a tiswas, when he's up the wall. 1974Observer 27 Oct. 5/5 A young man rang up in quite a 'tis-was. 1980Encounter May 7 She doesn't clean, but circumvents the dirt. Chairs stand on tables—‘All of a tizz-wozz.’ Has that been spelt before? |