英语词汇“chip-in-porridge”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†c. a chip in porridge (and variants): an addition which is so insignificant or unimportant as to have virtually no effect; (hence) an ineffectual or insignificant person or thing; also chip-in-porridge (adjective). Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > types of

a chip in porridge1647

no object (also not an object)1782

1647 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 11. sig. L2 These, with some others (like Chips in pottage) were a Committee for the Commons.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvii. 108 The Sextile is no Chip in Broth..but a very considerable Engine.

1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 56 A sort of Chip in Pottage, which (he hopes) will not do Popery much good, nor the Church of England much harm.

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl VI. iv. 155 Mastur said as he would go once more to that country doctor, a poor chip-in-porridge thing, I dare to say.

1850 E. Johnson Life, Health, & Dis. x. 151 Whatever affects us strongly, cannot be ‘chip-in-porridge’.

1880 Church Times 25 June The Burials Bill..is thought..to resemble the proverbial chip in porridge, which does neither good nor harm.

1919 L. M. Montgomery Rainbow Valley (1920) ii. 9 He was like a chip in porridge—neither harm nor good.

单词	chip-in-porridge
释义	> as lemmas chip-in-porridge †c. a chip in porridge (and variants): an addition which is so insignificant or unimportant as to have virtually no effect; (hence) an ineffectual or insignificant person or thing; also chip-in-porridge (adjective). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > types of a chip in porridge1647 no object (also not an object)1782 1647 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 11. sig. L2 These, with some others (like Chips in pottage) were a Committee for the Commons. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvii. 108 The Sextile is no Chip in Broth..but a very considerable Engine. 1688 Vox Cleri Pro Rege 56 A sort of Chip in Pottage, which (he hopes) will not do Popery much good, nor the Church of England much harm. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl VI. iv. 155 Mastur said as he would go once more to that country doctor, a poor chip-in-porridge thing, I dare to say. 1850 E. Johnson Life, Health, & Dis. x. 151 Whatever affects us strongly, cannot be ‘chip-in-porridge’. 1880 Church Times 25 June The Burials Bill..is thought..to resemble the proverbial chip in porridge, which does neither good nor harm. 1919 L. M. Montgomery Rainbow Valley (1920) ii. 9 He was like a chip in porridge—neither harm nor good. extracted from chipn.² < as lemmas
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