| 单词 | to drop a bollock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drop a bollock P1. British slang (originally and chiefly Military). to drop a bollock: to make a serious mistake. Cf. to drop a brick at brick n.1 and adj.1 Phrases 7, to drop a clanger at clanger n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > blunder [verb (intransitive)] shail1528 blunder1711 floor1835 to make a bloomer1889 pull1913 to drop a brick1916 boob1935 to put up a black1939 goof1941 to screw up1942 to drop a bollock1948 to drop a clanger1948 to cock up1974 1942 G. Lersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson iii. 16 ‘He dropped you a ——’ and he names an essential appendage of the masculine anatomy..that never comes singly. To drop one of these, in the jargon of the Guardsmen, is to make a serious blunder. To drop one for someone else is to let him down.] 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 62 Drop a bollock, clanger, goolie, to make a serious blunder. To drop a bollock for someone was to get him in trouble, let him down. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard ii. 45 You see why this is such a valuable form of instruction. They'll never drop a bollock like that again. You see them maturing overnight. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xi. 119 Rival regiments..wait for him ‘to make a major Horlicks’. ‘If you drop a bollock..,’ said one who only just survived the experience, ‘you've had it.’ 2000 Front Oct. 92/2 Consternation showed clearly on their faces. Someone had dropped quite a bollock. < as lemmas |
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