| 单词 | bad halfpenny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbad halfpenny bad halfpenny n. now rare used in similative expressions to refer to the unwelcome return of someone or something (cf. bad penny n.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] > one who > repeatedly bad halfpenny1819 repeater1872 bad penny1937 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 154 When a man has been upon any errand, or attempting any object which has proved unsuccessful or impracticable, he will say on his return, It's a bad halfpenny; meaning he has returned as he went. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 12 It was not the first time, nor the second, that I had gone away—as it seemed, permanently—but yet returned, like the bad half-penny. 1895 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 571/2 I am come back again, like a bad ha'penny. A facetious way of saying, ‘More free than welcome’. As a bad ha'penny is returned to its owner, so have I returned to you, and you cannot get rid of me. 1969 J. Plunkett Strumpet City 278 ‘You're back,’ she said. ‘Like a bad ha'penny.’ < as lemmas |
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