| 单词 | to chew the rag or fat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto chew the rag or fat h. Slang phr. to chew the rag or fat: to discuss a matter, esp. complainingly; to reiterate an old grievance; to grumble; to argue; to talk or chat; to spin a yarn. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > discuss things already spoken of to beat over the old ground1792 to chew the rag or fat1885 1885 J. B. Patterson Life in Ranks ix. 77 Persisting to argue the point, or ‘chew the rag’, as it is termed in rank and file phraseology, with some extra intelligent non-commissioned officer. 1885 J. B. Patterson Life in Ranks xv. 124 The various diversions of whistling, singing, arguing the point, chewing the rag, or fat. 1891 J. M. Dixon Dict. Idiomatic Eng. Phrases (at cited word) He was chewing the rag at me the whole afternoon. 1909 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 250/2 How better is conversational impotence characterized than by ‘chewing the rag’? 1916 Punch 23 Aug. 144/3 I got me woes..An' she's got 'ers, the good Lord knows, Although she never chews the fat. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin viii. 134 D'you think I'm standin' up 'ere 'longside a blackboard chewin' my fat for the good o' my 'ealth, or wot? 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin viii. 134 Chewing the fat, spinning a yarn. 1919 War Slang in Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 If anyone starts fault-finding or ‘chewing the fat’ he is immediately ‘ticked off’. 1928 Daily Express 2 Mar. 5/2 We ‘chew the rag’, as our husbands would call it, over happenings of weeks and even months ago. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 17 The scavengers of letters Convene to chew the fat about their betters. 1942 P. G. Wodehouse Money in Bank xii. 120 We were at J. Sheringham Adair's office, chewing the fat with J. Sheringham Adair. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xi. 117 We had that paper in the pantry last Friday and chewed the rag over it for hours! < as lemmas |
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