| 单词 | on the pig's back |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the pig's back (also ear) P16. [Probably after Irish ar muin na muice, ar mhuin na muice well off, in luck, lit. ‘on the pig's back’ (second half of the 17th cent.).] Chiefly Irish English, New Zealand, and Australian. on the pig's back (also ear): in a fortunate or prosperous state. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > at height of in one's flower(sc1380 on the pig's back (also ear)1894 on top of the worldc1920 1894 J. W. Whitbread Lord Edward in C. Herr Land they Loved (1991) 145 Begorra he's on the pig's back this time. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 172 That'll be two pounds ten... Three Hynes owes me... Five guineas about. On the pig's back. 1946 C. Mann in Coast to Coast 1945 27 We always were lucky. He's home on the pig's ear. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo vi. 148 His tone suddenly tetchy at the image of the Kerry nuns living on the pig's back. < as lemmas |
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