| 单词 | as independent as a hog on ice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas independent as a hog on ice hog on ice n. chiefly U.S. colloquial (the type of) an awkward, uncontrolled, or insecure person or thing; chiefly in similes; esp. as independent as a hog on ice (humorous and frequently ironic): determinedly or stubbornly independent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > obstinate or stubborn person obstinate1435 mumpsimus1530 obstinant1581 ram-head1605 sitfast1606 stiff-stander1642 obduratea1665 ironface1697 sturdy1704 stiffrump1709 sturdy-boots1762 stickfast1827 impracticable1829 mule1846 bullet-head1848 hardshell1849 die-hard1857 hog on ice1857 last-ditcher1862 thick-and-thinnite1898 jusqu'auboutiste1916 stiff-neck1921 dead-ender1956 toughie1960 1857 San Francisco Call 19 Apr. 2/3 He don't appear to care nothing for nobody—he's ‘as independent as a hog on ice!’ 1894 14th Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 124 How would a Hackney look going around the track after old Highland Gray? ‘Like a hog on ice.’ 1948 Time 9 Aug. 18/2 They like to think of themselves as independents—independent as a hog on ice. 1950 C. L. Sonnichsen Cowboys & Cattle Kings (1951) xvi. 183 These steady rains on well-traveled roads loosen things up. Wash-boards develop and deepen, slick patches of black soil appear, and a 1941 Packard behaves like an elderly hog on ice. 1987 Inc. (Nexis) Feb. 108 I've also seen loan officers appear before the loan committee like a hog on ice: they didn't know much about the borrower's financial condition;..and they weren't sure how the loan would be repaid. 2005 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 1 July b6 The government made as many missteps as a hog on ice. < as lemmas |
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