| 单词 | to be in a bad row of stumps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in a bad row of stumps c. U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). to be in a bad row of stumps and variants: to be in a difficult or troublesome situation. Now rare. ΚΠ 1846 Mississippi Free Trader 3 Oct. The poor fellow seems to be placed in rather a bad row of stumps. 1873 Southern Mag. (Baltimore) Dec. 713 The critter I was riding had lost a shoe and was in a bad row for stumps. 1901 J. O. Harris Col. Johnson of Johnson's Corners xxix. 164 I've never run agin' such a hard row of stumps as I have for the last year or so. 1919 Herald of Gospel Liberty 14 Aug. 8/2 The church school has been in a ‘hard row of stumps’ for some years, but competent judges predict that it is about to enjoy a period of greater patronage. 1999 Speakin' Out News 19 Jan. 7 My grandmother..was a great one for picking up phrases and never dropping them. I cannot count the number of times she told me I was going to be ‘in a bad row for stumps’. < as lemmas |
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