| 单词 | to draw a person's leg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw a person's leg ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make a fool of playc1410 fordote1563 assot1583 noddy1600 noddypoop1640 to make a monkey (out) of1767 to draw a person's leg1851 rib1912 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 196 He preached, an' at last drew the auld body's leg, Sae the kirk got the gatherin's o' our Aunty Meg. 1883 W. Aitken Lays of Line 63 Nae maitter hoo sairly his leg ye micht draw, Ye will ne'er howk a quarrel oot o' Sawney M'Graw. 1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums vii. 64 Na, na, Marget, ye dinna draw my leg. 1928 A. E. W. Mason Prisoner in Opal iii. 27 ‘You draw my leg, eh?’ he said; and proud, as he always was of his mastery of English idioms, he repeated the phrase: ‘Yes, you draw my leg.’ < as lemmas |
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