| 单词 | bodge-up job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbodge-up job A bodged or bungled task or undertaking; a piece of work that has been done hastily, clumsily, or unskilfully. Also as a modifier, esp. in bodge-up job; cf. bodge job n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or bungled work bodge1589 bodgery1592 Paul's work1602 botchery1608 by-work1615 botch1648 hob-job1857 spoil1892 botch-up1915 hack job1918 bodge job1924 bodge-up1959 bodge-up job1994 1959 J. W. G. Moran Spearhead in Malaya i. 29 I hate to see chaps make a bodge-up of their lives. 1980 Daily Mail 5 June 23/2 Stories about home improvements that turned into domestic demolitions, and..appalling bodge-ups. 1994 Amiga Shopper Feb. 61/2 Although it is just a tool I knocked up for private use it is nevertheless not a ‘bodge up’ job. 2007 Evening News (Norwich) (Nexis) 2 Feb. Turning people away from surgeries is completely unacceptable. This is a major bodge up by the government because the calculations have not been made accurately. < as lemmas |
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