英语词汇“my backside”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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colloquial. In idioms relating to sense A. 3 (sometimes used as euphemistic or polite substitutes for equivalent phrases using arse, ass, etc.).

P1. my backside.

a. all my backside: = stuff and nonsense at stuff n.¹ 8b. Cf. all my eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 4n(a). rare.In quot. 2013 used punningly with reference to sense A. 3.

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1788 C. Morris Compl. Coll. Songs (ed. 9) 60 Troth, in Ireland, we would Be all apt to doubt him, A man with virginity Is all my backside.

1914 O. Onions Mushroom Town ii. ii. 139 ‘I now be work-king here with my shirt wet-t on my back if I went to a prop-per school.’ ‘Oh, be dinged to that tale!’ returned the Yorkshireman bluntly... ‘T' schools is all my backside!’

2013 Doncaster Free Press (Nexis) 28 Feb. I made the discovery that buns is another word for your gluteal muscles. Its all my backside.

b. Chiefly British and Irish English. my backside: an expression of denial, disbelief, or contempt, now frequently used following a statement or suggestion which is being contradicted.For similar idioms see: my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a, my eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 4n(b), my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b.

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1917 S. J. G. Ervine Changing Winds viii. 122 ‘My backside to that for an answer!’ Mr Quinn snapped.

1961 New Statesman 8 Dec. 882/1 Does he go off and shoot them up? Does he my backside. Sends for reserves.

1993 Sun 31 May 32/2 Rookie my backside! You drove a brilliant race.

2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) vi. 84 ‘Gender studies my backside,’ snorts stocky Rita.

P2. to sit on one's backside: to be idle or passive, esp. when action is required; to withhold effort or shirk responsibility.

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1885 H. Belden Let. 28 Dec. in G. G. Belden, Plaintiff-Appellant against W. Belden et al., Defendants-Respondents: Case & Exceptions (Supreme Court State N.Y.: Appellate Div., 1st Dept.) 637 I don't hear anything from Charlie at all and suspect that he is sitting on his backside waiting for me to build him up, but I shan't do it.

1891 ‘Nero’ Valmond the Crank i. 12 The cursed stockholders sitting on their backsides, and running no risk, and getting the results of my labour.

1932 Kerrville (Texas) Mountain Sun 21 July 10/2 This country is not going to be saved by snake-dancing or medicine-making in Washington, but by millions of Americans ceasing to sit on their backsides and scrutinize their navels.

1958 H. E. Bates Darling Buds of May ix. 157 You mean sit on your backside for forty years and then collect four pounds a week that's worth only two.

1982 M. Leigh Goose-pimples ii, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 136 Jackie : What d'you do? Irving : Sits on her backside all day.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Nov. (Business section) 4/5 If you just sit on your backside and wait for things to get better, they're not going to.

P3. to get off one's backside: to stir oneself to action, esp. after a period of apathy or inertia; to initiate a necessary course of action; to get (back) to work. Cf. to get off —— 1b at get v. Phrasal verbs 2.

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1943 J. Bromley & P. Cooper Clear Tracks! xiii. 163 You came all the way from Binghamton to Utica without putting a drop of oil on your engine. Too lazy to get off your backside.

1975 D. Marsden Workless viii. 178 These pictures are really things that I want to do..if I could get off me backside to go and sell 'em.

1990 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 27 May 42/2 Now he has a new message for Australians: get off your backsides and fix the economy.

2005 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 13 June He says today's unemployed don't want to do a job for £200 a week—they'll only get off their backsides for £500.

单词	my backside
释义	> as lemmas my backside Phrases colloquial. In idioms relating to sense A. 3 (sometimes used as euphemistic or polite substitutes for equivalent phrases using arse, ass, etc.). P1. my backside. a. all my backside: = stuff and nonsense at stuff n.¹ 8b. Cf. all my eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 4n(a). rare.In quot. 2013 used punningly with reference to sense A. 3. ΚΠ 1788 C. Morris Compl. Coll. Songs (ed. 9) 60 Troth, in Ireland, we would Be all apt to doubt him, A man with virginity Is all my backside. 1914 O. Onions Mushroom Town ii. ii. 139 ‘I now be work-king here with my shirt wet-t on my back if I went to a prop-per school.’ ‘Oh, be dinged to that tale!’ returned the Yorkshireman bluntly... ‘T' schools is all my backside!’ 2013 Doncaster Free Press (Nexis) 28 Feb. I made the discovery that buns is another word for your gluteal muscles. Its all my backside. b. Chiefly British and Irish English. my backside: an expression of denial, disbelief, or contempt, now frequently used following a statement or suggestion which is being contradicted.For similar idioms see: my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a, my eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 4n(b), my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b. ΚΠ 1917 S. J. G. Ervine Changing Winds viii. 122 ‘My backside to that for an answer!’ Mr Quinn snapped. 1961 New Statesman 8 Dec. 882/1 Does he go off and shoot them up? Does he my backside. Sends for reserves. 1993 Sun 31 May 32/2 Rookie my backside! You drove a brilliant race. 2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) vi. 84 ‘Gender studies my backside,’ snorts stocky Rita. P2. to sit on one's backside: to be idle or passive, esp. when action is required; to withhold effort or shirk responsibility. ΚΠ 1885 H. Belden Let. 28 Dec. in G. G. Belden, Plaintiff-Appellant against W. Belden et al., Defendants-Respondents: Case & Exceptions (Supreme Court State N.Y.: Appellate Div., 1st Dept.) 637 I don't hear anything from Charlie at all and suspect that he is sitting on his backside waiting for me to build him up, but I shan't do it. 1891 ‘Nero’ Valmond the Crank i. 12 The cursed stockholders sitting on their backsides, and running no risk, and getting the results of my labour. 1932 Kerrville (Texas) Mountain Sun 21 July 10/2 This country is not going to be saved by snake-dancing or medicine-making in Washington, but by millions of Americans ceasing to sit on their backsides and scrutinize their navels. 1958 H. E. Bates Darling Buds of May ix. 157 You mean sit on your backside for forty years and then collect four pounds a week that's worth only two. 1982 M. Leigh Goose-pimples ii, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 136 Jackie : What d'you do? Irving : Sits on her backside all day. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Nov. (Business section) 4/5 If you just sit on your backside and wait for things to get better, they're not going to. P3. to get off one's backside: to stir oneself to action, esp. after a period of apathy or inertia; to initiate a necessary course of action; to get (back) to work. Cf. to get off —— 1b at get v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1943 J. Bromley & P. Cooper Clear Tracks! xiii. 163 You came all the way from Binghamton to Utica without putting a drop of oil on your engine. Too lazy to get off your backside. 1975 D. Marsden Workless viii. 178 These pictures are really things that I want to do..if I could get off me backside to go and sell 'em. 1990 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 27 May 42/2 Now he has a new message for Australians: get off your backsides and fix the economy. 2005 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 13 June He says today's unemployed don't want to do a job for £200 a week—they'll only get off their backsides for £500. extracted from backsiden.adj.adv. my backside b. Chiefly British and Irish English. my backside: an expression of denial, disbelief, or contempt, now frequently used following a statement or suggestion which is being contradicted.For similar idioms see: my arse! at arse n. and int. Phrases 4a, my eye at eye n.¹ Phrases 4n(b), my foot! at foot n. and int. Phrases 9b. ΚΠ 1917 S. J. G. Ervine Changing Winds viii. 122 ‘My backside to that for an answer!’ Mr Quinn snapped. 1961 New Statesman 8 Dec. 882/1 Does he go off and shoot them up? Does he my backside. Sends for reserves. 1993 Sun 31 May 32/2 Rookie my backside! You drove a brilliant race. 2003 S. Mackay Heligoland (2004) vi. 84 ‘Gender studies my backside,’ snorts stocky Rita. extracted from backsiden.adj.adv. < as lemmas
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