| 释义 |
pot and pan
[Rhyming slang for ‘old man’.]
One's father or husband.
1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xii. 153 How's yer ole pot-'n'-pan, Tutsie? 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 90/2 Pot and pan, the old man (otpay and anpay). 1938L. Ortzen Down Donkey Row 12 Pot and Pan, old man; meaning husband or father. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. 270 Pot and pan, old man. 1971National Times (Austral.) 13 Dec. 20 From this handy guide you could soon establish the meaning of..‘her pot and pan is in the bucket and pail’... Translated, it means ‘..her old man is in jail.’ |