| 单词 | suffering cat ! |
| 释义 | > as lemmassuffering cat(s)! d. suffering cat(s)! an exclamation expressing surprise or annoyance. Also the suffering Moses (cf. Moses n. 1c), etc. ΚΠ 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 52 The suffering Moses!—there ain't money enough in the ship to pay that bill! 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous vi. 134 ‘Sufferin' Christianity!’ sez Counahan (he always said that whin..he was not feelin' good). 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) xv. 217 Suffering cats, think how that fellow sized us up for a lot of pattern-made fools. 1931 S. Lewis Sel. Short Stories (1935) 162 Suffering cats! You might have been one of your uncles still puttering around with dirty pitchforks back on the farm! 1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites v. 122 She doesn't think I've got any guts.’ ‘Well, sufferin' cat! What does she want? Alexander the Great?’ 1977 J. Porter Who the Heck is Sylvia? vi. 54 Oh, suffering cats, with that bunch of lecherous thugs it could have been anybody! < as lemmas |
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