| 单词 | piss and vinegar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiss and vinegar piss and vinegar n. originally U.S. energy, vigour; youthful aggression. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > vigour of attack piss and vinegar1936 1936 D. Barnes Nightwood: Orig. Version (1995) v. 71 The criers telling the price of wine to such effect that the dawn saw good clerks full of piss and vinegar. 1966 M. Spillane Death Dealers i. 17 Remember the old days, Tiger? You were young and fast and strong. Full of piss and vinegar. 1993 Spin Apr. 109/2 I see Treach like Keith Richards; grizzly, wizened but still full of piss and vinegar. < as lemmas |
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