| 单词 | pissing contest |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspissing contest pissing contest n. a competition to see who can urinate the furthest or highest; (in extended use) any contest which is futile or purposeless, esp. one pursued in a conspicuously aggressive manner. ΚΠ 1943 Study & Investig. of Federal Communications Comm. (Hearings before U.S. House Sel. Comm. to Investigate F.C.C.) i. 691 ‘You boys have to understand..that I have to deal with a combination like that of Hartley–David; it is like having a pissing contest with a skunk’. I felt rather shocked at that. Of course, I felt that the expression was very rude. 1961 N. Knox Word 'Irony' & its Context iv. 175 A note to the Dunciad points out, in reference to the pissing contest, that [etc.]. 1973 R. M. Nixon Transcript 25 Apr. in N.Y. Times (1974) 22 Nov. 20.8 The point is that ah, now if he’s going to have this pissing contest (unintelligible) all right, bring it out and fight it out and it’ll be a bloody Goddamn thing, you know in a strange kind of way that’s life, isn’t it. 1982 ‘W. T. Tyler’ Rogue's March xii. 101 What was it?..A pissing contest? 2002 Cult Times Apr. 34/2 By half way into the show's second season, there's still a bit of a pissing contest going on between Captain Hunt and himself. < as lemmas |
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