单词 | a nasty piece of work |
释义 | > as lemmasa nasty piece (also bit) of work (also goods) c. a nasty piece (also bit) of work (also goods): an unpleasant, contemptible, or cruel person. ΚΠ ?c1850 H. Mayhew & A. S. Mayhew Good Genius xvi A nasty slommicking bit of goods, with her things all hanging about her anyhow. 1923 ‘Bartimeus’ Seaways vii. 110 Nasty Bit of Work. I'd go and bash his head for two pins. 1945 G. B. Grundy 55 Years at Oxf. v. 87 Among the many pupils I had..there was only one I disliked. He was what is called a ‘nasty piece of work’. 1975 A. Christie Curtain v. 46 You do not like him?.. What you call the nasty bit of goods. 1998 O. Tyaransen Goldfish in S. Champion & D. Scannell Shenanigans (1999) ix. 156 A real nasty piece of work,..the kind of guy who'd get a sly kick in when there was a scrap in the playground. < as lemmas |
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