单词 | chewy on your boot |
释义 | > as lemmaschewy on your boot Australian. chewy on your boot and variants: (originally in the context of Australian League Football) used as a call to discourage or distract a player in a rival team, esp. one attempting to kick for goal. Also used more widely, to deride a person or organization deemed to be performing poorly, or to wish someone bad luck.Quot. 1948 shows earlier currency of the humorous notion that chewing gum stuck to a sportsperson's boot, here that of a losing jockey, could hinder his or her performance. ΚΠ 1948 Sport (Adelaide) 23 Nov. 1 It looked as if Horry Hendry had chewy on his boot last Saturday and it got stuck to the [racecourse] rails.] 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) xvii. 370 Hope you have chewie on your boot! used to express a wish that a football player kicking for goal misses. 1978 Canberra Times 14 June 24 Then..we will be uprooted..and..returned to the Wanniassa High, where I should have been in the first place! ‘Chewy on your boot’ to the ACT Schools Authority. 2006 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 May 40 He can't be blamed for being completely thrown by the sight of the opposition coach..yelling ‘Chewy on your boot’. < as lemmas |
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