| 单词 | be up a grub |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbe up a grub b. to ride grub (also be up a grub) (dialect): to be sulky or bad-tempered. Cf. grubby adj. 4. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To ride grub, to be sullen or out of temper. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words (at cited word) The grubs bite him hard, i.e. he is sulky. East.] a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 20 ‘To be up a grub’, ‘to ride grub’, is to be out of temper, morose. < as lemmas |
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