| 单词 | sweet nothing |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet nothing f. Used as an intensifier in certain slang phrases (often of a coarse nature) meaning ‘nothing at all’. See also F.A. n. at F n. Initialisms 3a, Fanny Adams n. 2, S.F.A. n. at S n.1 Initialisms 1. Also sweet nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > implying negative colossal1855 effing1929 cuntinga1935 focking1956 sweet1958 twatting1967 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 28 You can do sweet B.A. about it. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvii. 365 They stand on the field and they rave and they shout On subjects they know sweet nothing about. 1973 B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years ix. 95 The government provided sweet bugger all. Absolutely sweet bugger all. 1973 B. Turner Hot-foot vi. 43 What had I gained for my trouble? Sweet nothing, that's what. < as lemmas |
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