| 单词 | fetch-and-carry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfetch-and-carry d. to fetch and carry: literal chiefly of dogs (cf. carry n.1 2); figurative to run backwards and forwards with news, tales, etc. Hence fetch-and-carry n., the action of fetching and carrying; one who fetches and carries, a subservient person; also as adj., tale-bearing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > act in particular way fawna1250 stoop?1530 kennel1552 fetch-and-carrya1616 to cock one's ears1714 beg1816 toll1851 trust1939 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip talea1225 talk1461 twittle1551 tattle1581 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 gammer1788 chit-chat1821 rumour1832 nipper1840 coffee-house1861 cooze1870 chopse1879 skinder1942 scuttlebutt1945 to talk trash1947 gyaff1976 gist1992 tongue-wag- society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours talea1225 tittlec1400 twittle1551 tattle1581 clavera1605 gossip1627 twita1643 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 clype1843 clatfart1913 tattle-tale1918 labrish1935 the world > movement > transference > bringing > [noun] > fetching fetchingc1374 fetch1549 fetch-and-carry1787 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 272 Her Masters maid..hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell... Imprimis. Shee can fetch and carry . View more context for this quotation 1696 London Gaz. No. 3229/4 A brown Gelding..will fetch and carry like a Dog. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 50 Miss is so fond of fetching and carrying. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 226 A raven..may be taught to fetch and carry like a spaniel. 1787 W. Cowper Let. 24 Dec. (1982) III. 77 I gave him [sc. a dog] a lesson in the science of fetch and carry. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 247 That fetch and carry tell-tale. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. 43 Come and go as you list—none of your fetch and carry. 1851 J. White in C. Knight Half Hours Eng. Hist. I. iii. 331 Go fetch and carry, fawn and wag the tail; And gnaw the bones his Highness' hand may throw you. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xii. 177 As if nobody had nothing to fetch and carry..But spying all the doings of one's neighbour. 1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 284 He is the fetch-and-carry of an impudent and cowardly crowd in Wall Street. c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 35 He's a..sort of fetch-and-carry For the comic ‘Welfare League’. < as lemmas |
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