| 单词 | standing joke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding joke standing joke n. a person who or thing that regularly causes amusement or ridicule.standing jest: see sense A. 17c. ΚΠ 1715 J. Addison Drummer Prol. Round-heads and Wooden-shooes are standing Jokes. 1864 C. Knight Passages Working Life I. i. 109 This is the standing joke nightly repeated. 1966 Southern Folklore Q. 30 230 The husband who stayed and put up with it all became a Monkey Man and a standing joke. 2014 Derby Tel. (Nexis) 29 Apr. 14 It is a standing joke among my friends and colleagues that, for me, holiday means a trip down the M5 to Cornwall. < as lemmas |
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