英语词汇“to jump from cock to ass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to jump (also leap) from cock to ass and variants: to write or speak in an illogical, confused, or nonsensical fashion; to ramble, waffle. Now rare. [After Middle French, French sauter du coq à l'âne (see cockalane n.).]

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > use inelegant language [verb (intransitive)] > write or discourse disconnectedly

to jump from cock to ass1549

ramble1616

1549 tr. J. Calvin Short Instr. Good Christian People sig. F.iii^v These braynelesse menne woulde transport it wyth theym for to make it leape quickelye from the cocke to the Asse [Fr. sauter subit du coq à l'asne].

1659 J. Howell Let. composed of French Prov. sig. A4^v, in Παροιμιογραϕια Oftentimes in too much debate Truth is lost, especially in matters of Religion; You shall meet with many there of this cavilling humor, that will ever and anon leap from the Cock to the Asse.

1848 New Monthly Mag. May 116 Bonivard turned him [sc. a monk] into ridicule... ‘He jumps from the cock to the ass like an idiot!’

1926 Spectator 25 Dec. 1155/1 The book is pleasant..just because it is desultory, irrelevant, and disorderly. As you turn the pages you go, not only from cock to donkey, but from 1780 to 1926 without the slightest explanation or excuse.

1995 Y. Tobin Invariance, Markedness & Distinctive Feature Anal. vii. 237 To start with one subject and end with another; to jump from cock to ass; to switch from topic to topic.

单词	to jump from cock to ass
释义	> as lemmas to jump (also leap) from cock to ass d. to jump (also leap) from cock to ass and variants: to write or speak in an illogical, confused, or nonsensical fashion; to ramble, waffle. Now rare. [After Middle French, French sauter du coq à l'âne (see cockalane n.).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > use inelegant language [verb (intransitive)] > write or discourse disconnectedly to jump from cock to ass1549 ramble1616 1549 tr. J. Calvin Short Instr. Good Christian People sig. F.iii^v These braynelesse menne woulde transport it wyth theym for to make it leape quickelye from the cocke to the Asse [Fr. sauter subit du coq à l'asne]. 1659 J. Howell Let. composed of French Prov. sig. A4^v, in Παροιμιογραϕια Oftentimes in too much debate Truth is lost, especially in matters of Religion; You shall meet with many there of this cavilling humor, that will ever and anon leap from the Cock to the Asse. 1848 New Monthly Mag. May 116 Bonivard turned him [sc. a monk] into ridicule... ‘He jumps from the cock to the ass like an idiot!’ 1926 Spectator 25 Dec. 1155/1 The book is pleasant..just because it is desultory, irrelevant, and disorderly. As you turn the pages you go, not only from cock to donkey, but from 1780 to 1926 without the slightest explanation or excuse. 1995 Y. Tobin Invariance, Markedness & Distinctive Feature Anal. vii. 237 To start with one subject and end with another; to jump from cock to ass; to switch from topic to topic. extracted from cockn.¹int. < as lemmas
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