英语词汇“to be light in one's loafers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. U.S. colloquial. to be (a little) light in one's (also the) loafers.

(a) To be eccentric or crazy; to be stupid or foolish. Now rare.Quot. 1974 may alternatively show the sense at Phrases 2d(b), but the broader context suggests it shows this sense, or perhaps a combination of the two senses.

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1974 D. Gerber Out of Control 122 ‘I've seen that guy Barnham somewhere before,’ Walter said... ‘When you talk about eccentrics, he's the genuine article. And that girlfriend of his is one incredibly beautiful woman.’ 'She's not his girlfriend,' Roger blurted, 'just his assistant'... ‘I think that Barnham's a little light in his loafers,’ Sam said.

1981 Pensacola (Florida) Jrnl. 2 Dec. c1/1 Lefty said he could plead temporary insanity. 'Anyone who gets married three times must be a little light in his loafers,' Lefty said.

(b) Originally and chiefly euphemistic. Now sometimes depreciative. Of a man: to be gay or effeminate. Cf. Phrases 2c(b).See note at Phrases 2d(a).

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1979 Times Rec. (Zanesville, Ohio) 14 Mar. 8 a/2 [You're old enough to remember] When gay meant light-hearted not ‘light in his loafers’.

1987 Kenosha (Wisconsin) News 27 Oct. 26/1 I have a student in class who..appears to be ‘a little light in his loafers’, as we say around here. (In other words, ‘gay’.)

2017 J. Fierro Gypsy Moth Summer xxxi. 294 That waiter—the Hispanic boy she'd always suspected was a little light in the loafers.

单词	to be light in one's loafers
释义	> as lemmas to be (a little) light in one's (also the) loafers d. U.S. colloquial. to be (a little) light in one's (also the) loafers. (a) To be eccentric or crazy; to be stupid or foolish. Now rare.Quot. 1974 may alternatively show the sense at Phrases 2d(b), but the broader context suggests it shows this sense, or perhaps a combination of the two senses. ΚΠ 1974 D. Gerber Out of Control 122 ‘I've seen that guy Barnham somewhere before,’ Walter said... ‘When you talk about eccentrics, he's the genuine article. And that girlfriend of his is one incredibly beautiful woman.’ 'She's not his girlfriend,' Roger blurted, 'just his assistant'... ‘I think that Barnham's a little light in his loafers,’ Sam said. 1981 Pensacola (Florida) Jrnl. 2 Dec. c1/1 Lefty said he could plead temporary insanity. 'Anyone who gets married three times must be a little light in his loafers,' Lefty said. (b) Originally and chiefly euphemistic. Now sometimes depreciative. Of a man: to be gay or effeminate. Cf. Phrases 2c(b).See note at Phrases 2d(a). ΚΠ 1979 Times Rec. (Zanesville, Ohio) 14 Mar. 8 a/2 [You're old enough to remember] When gay meant light-hearted not ‘light in his loafers’. 1987 Kenosha (Wisconsin) News 27 Oct. 26/1 I have a student in class who..appears to be ‘a little light in his loafers’, as we say around here. (In other words, ‘gay’.) 2017 J. Fierro Gypsy Moth Summer xxxi. 294 That waiter—the Hispanic boy she'd always suspected was a little light in the loafers. extracted from lightadj.¹n.² < as lemmas
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