| 单词 | to stir shit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stir (up) shit coarse slang (chiefly British, Australian and New Zealand). [Compare French foutre la merde (1978 or earlier) to make a mess, to mess things up.] to stir (up) shit and variants: to cause trouble for its own sake. Cf. sense Phrasal verbs e. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > take advantage of trouble to fish in troubled waters1569 to stir shit1971 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. Iii The more we stur a tourde, the wours it will stynke.] 1971 New Lit. Hist. 3 45 It consists of setting fire to the powder, of activating the flames... The reading-writing process consists of stirring up shit. 1978 New Mus. Express 25 Nov. 11/3 I keep being told I mustn't criticise anyone or stir up any shit. 1981 Avondale (Auckland) Slang Words (Goldie Brown Coll.) Feb. To stir shit, to make trouble. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 22 Apr. 1 All the..crew who have been stirring shit, he has dropped them right in it. 1998 Y.-M. Ooi Flame Tree (1999) xxix. 402 You had the chance to bow out gracefully. To go back to London with your sweet arse and career intact. But you had to stir the shit. < as lemmas |
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