| 单词 | to make a bloomer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a bloomer 3. slang. [See quot. 1889.] A very great mistake: chiefly in to make a bloomer. 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder blunder1706 blunderbuss1726 floor1841 bull1846 howler1872 atrocity1878 break1884 bloomer1889 boner1912 bish1937 black1939 blue1941 cock-up1946 piss-up1950 screw-up1950 blob1952 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Bloomer (Australian), prison slang for a mistake. Abbreviated from the expression ‘a blooming error’. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 8/1 The defendant replied, ‘You have made a bloomer, old chap; you never made a greater mistake in your life.’ 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 166 I think you are making the bloomer of a lifetime over this hat-swatting chappie. 1928 Daily Express 19 Apr. 15 His mount, Clearmount, made a terrible bloomer at the last fence. 1959 Economist 6 June 920/1 ‘The Times’..has this week made a bloomer about a minister. < as lemmas |
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